The intention (in my comments) was to speak to that, speak to my desire to play this part to the best of my ability and to fully immerse myself in a culture that I adore (sic). It’s important to a community that I feel so welcomed by.
We were talking about, ‘How do you prepare for something so important and so big?’ and I was basically saying, ‘I dive in as fully as I possibly can’,” he said and continued, “My only longing is to serve and to keep the world spinning forward for the LGBTQ community in whatever way I’m meant to. It’s a love letter to the LGBTQ community. That discussion was about this play and how deeply grateful I am that I get to work on something so profound. “That’s of course not what I meant at all. Now, in an interview with the Newsbeat, Andrew clarified his comments. The backlash was that many believed that the 33-year-old actor was “simplifying what it means to be gay.” He had made the comment during an interview while he was preparing for his role in the play Angels in America, in which he plays a gay man. The two actors shared a moment at the event when Ryan. After receiving backlash for saying that he is “a gay man right now just without the physical act,” Andrew Garfield is now making amends. Andrew Garfield has revealed the reason behind his kiss with Ryan Reynolds at last month’s Golden Globes ceremony.
