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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Andrew Garfield

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

NBC News

News, Celebrity, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Movies, Technology, Tv, Interview, Broadway, Music, Politics, Tv & Film

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Garfield captured Hollywood’s attention in “The Social Network,” and he became a star when he was cast as a blockbuster superhero in “The Amazing Spider-Man.” In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” the Oscar-nominated actor chats with Willie Geist about his complicated relationship with fame and why he has always felt more comfortable on the stage than as a global movie star. He opens up about his current role in the theater, the demanding lead in the iconic play “Angels in America” on Broadway. The show is nominated for a record-breaking 11 Tony Awards, including one for Garfield, and he talks about that positive response and why he feels the play’s themes are resonating today.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist back here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

0:06.0

Thanks so much for clicking, subscribing.

0:08.3

This week my guest is the Oscar nominated actor Andrew Garfield.

0:12.2

But we're talking about him because of Tony nominations, not Oscar nominations for the

0:17.3

most part.

0:18.5

He stars as prior Walter, the lead character in the iconic show Angels in America.

0:24.2

He's nominated for lead actor for Tony and the show has 11 nominations breaking a record

0:30.7

for a play.

0:31.7

It's incredible.

0:32.7

It's a two part show.

0:34.6

It's seven and a half hours.

0:36.0

You go for three and a half hours in the morning.

0:37.9

You go to have dinner.

0:38.9

You come back.

0:39.9

It's four more hours after that or you can split up the days.

0:42.5

But it's a show obviously that was first on Broadway 25 years ago was a huge hit.

0:47.2

It became an HBO mini series and now it's back with Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, among

0:52.5

many others.

0:53.5

It's a incredible piece of work and incredible show.

0:57.4

And Andrew says despite all he's done from Hacksaw Ridge where he's nominated for an Oscar

1:01.8

to being Spider-Man to breaking through in the social network where he played one of the

1:05.8

co-founders of Facebook.

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