Overview
- At a Los Angeles Q&A for his new film The Uprising, Andrew Garfield said he hoped any billionaires who watched the movie would be "scared shitless," a comment captured on video and circulated by The Movie Report.
- Social media users quickly criticized the remark as hypocritical, pointing to Garfield’s reported multimillion-dollar pay and posts from figures such as Spencer Pratt that called out Hollywood’s wealthy backers.
- News outlets that covered the clip reported that neither Garfield nor director Paul Greengrass had responded to requests for comment from reporters.
- The Uprising, written and directed by Greengrass, retells England’s 1381 Peasants’ Revolt and is being promoted with U.S. release planned for early September, which has kept the exchange tied to the film’s publicity.
- Coverage has highlighted how celebrity political remarks can be amplified on platforms like X and prompted debate about wealth, filmmaking financing, and how actors’ public statements are judged against their own incomes.