Andrew Garfield

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q23891: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Lions for Lambs (2007); The Social Network (2010); Hacksaw Ridge (2016); Silence (2016); Under the Silver Lake (2018); Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021); 99 Homes; Angels in America (play); Never Let Me Go; Red Riding trilogy; Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield films); The Amazing Spider-Man films; The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Mark Zuckerberg: 2 lines

  1. lineage (verbatim source) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the maker said so). Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
    “But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (verbatim source) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie.
    “It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Avy Kaufman: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Lions for Lambs (2007), which they acted in: Avy Kaufman ⇒ Lions for Lambs (the maker said so: Garfield telling his own casting story on the show). The casting director on the unmade Kavalier & Clay passed Garfield's screen test to Robert Redford, which led to his Lions for Lambs audition and casting.
    “AV sent, I think, a screen test to Redford.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:41:21 · Andrew Garfield (0.90 sure it was them)

Kevin Spacey: 1 line

  1. unmapped (brought Fincher on) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: Kevin Spacey ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
    “And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 2 lines

  1. theme (character template) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the maker said so). Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
    “yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen in BvS in the wake of The Social Network.
    “Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Friends with Benefits: 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ Friends with Benefits (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

In Time: 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ In Time (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Rent: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021), which they acted in: Tick, Tick... Boom! ⇒ Rent (the host's read). Tick, Tick... Boom! is an early unfinished musical by Larson that workshops guitar riffs and ideas that end up in Rent.
    “it's workshopping a lot of like the actual like guitar riffs and music ideas that end up and rent itself.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:25:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Steve Jobs (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read). Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
    “I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Big Short (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (ripped off) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read). David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

  1. people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they acted in: The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (20) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Andrew Garfield → Under the Silver Lake. Speaker will follow Garfield wherever he goes, citing Silence, Under the Silver Lake, Tammy Faye.
    “I'll go there with under the silver lake.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:28:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Andrew Garfield → Hacksaw Ridge. Garfield has been nominated once, for Hacksaw Ridge, after a mistaken guess of Billy Lynn.
    “It was Hacksaw Ridge.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:29:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Andrew Garfield → Lions for Lambs. The unmade Kavalier & Clay screen test reached Robert Redford and got Garfield cast in Lions for Lambs.
    “a screen test to Redford.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:41:21 · Andrew Garfield (0.90 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Andrew Garfield → Martin Scorsese. Garfield kept a list of directors to wait for, with Scorsese on it, but hasn't had the courage to write them.
    “I made a list of directors that I was going to wait for.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:46:01 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Andrew Garfield → Silence. Speaker sometimes prefers restrained, tortured Garfield (Silence) to the all-in version.
    “sometimes you get Andrew Garfield on 11 and sometimes you get like restrained sort of tortured Andrew Garfield.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:26:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Andrew Garfield → Tick, Tick... Boom!. Garfield's performance is described as Gene Kelly on Adderall, constantly bopping.
    “it feels like Gene Kelly on Adderall, his performance in this movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:24:08 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (performance cost): Silence → Andrew Garfield. Garfield went method as a monk for three years, which the speaker blames for his breakup with Emma Stone.
    “Andrew Garfield was like, yeah, I just went method as a monk for 3 years or whatever.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:05:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Andrew Garfield → Ryan Gosling. Acting opposite Gosling in a Kavalier & Clay screen test taught Garfield what screen acting is.
    “going, oh, fuck, that's what that's what screen acting is.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:39:10 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. people (performance compared): Daniel Craig → Andrew Garfield. Craig is doing the Andrew Garfield cutie-sweetie thing from Social Network.
    “And Daniel Craig is doing the Andrew Garfield thing of being a cutie little sweetie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:31:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Free Solo → Andrew Garfield. Garfield loves Free Solo because he is curious about human potential and where we break.
    “I'm just very curious about the human potential”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:48:43 · Andrew Garfield (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Andrew Garfield: Pundits call an Oscar nomination a lock; speaker finds it a divisive, litmus-test performance.
    “it is now a lock that Andrew Garfield will be nominated for an Oscar for this performance”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:24:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Andrew Garfield: He first stayed in LA on his manager's assistant's leather couch with a heavy-breathing pit bull, waking stuck to it, and walked to the California Chicken Cafe.
    “And, uh, and it was a leather couch, so my skin would be stuck to it by the time I woke up every morning.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:34:16 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Andrew Garfield: Two days of screen tests with film cameras felt like film school.
    “It was 2 days of kind of like film school, really.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:39:56 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Andrew Garfield: Waiting on the Lions for Lambs casting call in an H&M fitting room at the Beverly Center.
    “trying on an ill-fitting suit in H and M that I could just about afford to buy and maybe take back if I didn't stain it.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:42:20 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Andrew Garfield: His swimming-coach father never let him settle, even a gold medal was celebrated briefly, then back to the tape.
    “Even a gold medal was celebrated briefly, and then you kind of go back to the tape and you go, so where did you go wrong?”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:49:24 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Andrew Garfield: Sean and Garfield are both Leos born in 1983.
    “We are the same age. We're the same, 1983 guys.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 1:06:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)