In “Love in the Present”, in theaters since January 1, 2025, Andrew Garfield plays a young divorcee whose great love story with a chef (played by Florence Pugh) is thwarted when she develops cancer . A romance that goes from laughter to tears, told over ten years with jumps in time. We recently met the Anglo-American actor at the Marrakech International Film Festival, where he was a member of the jury.
What did you like about this story?
It touched me a lot, partly because of the non-linear narration of the scenario which fascinated me. It was a difficult film to make, but John Crowley is a very sensitive and poetic director, and I knew he would do the story justice.
The scene where Florence Pugh gives birth in a gas station toilet on New Year’s Eve is memorable.
It’s one of my favorite scenes in all the films I’ve done. A unique, absurd and beautiful birthing scene that rings true. It was hard to make, but as Florence and I were in our third week of filming, we trusted each other and we were able to let go.
-You maintain a youthful appearance on screen. Are you rejoicing to grow older and play more mature characters?
It’s true, I look younger than my age, which has always been an advantage and a disadvantage. I think it’s more of an advantage now, as we enter our 40s. I don’t feel like I’m stuck in the same roles. I worked really hard to be able to go from “Spider-Man” to “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and “Tick, Tick…Boom!”. I get to play lots of different people, so I’m in no rush to get older.
Have you calculated your role choices?
In the first film I made, “Lions and Lambs,” I starred opposite Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise. This experience ruined everything because after working with these great actors, I felt obliged to choose my roles wisely! I favored what really spoke to me, rather than what could advance my career, and wanted to work only with the best.
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