It was while he was preparing for the role in London last year that he caused a bit of a kerfuffle for saying he was “a gay man…without the physical act.” “This” being the role of AIDS-stricken Prior Walter in the seven-hour, two-part play Angels in America that’s coming to Broadway this month. But, if I were to identify, I would identify as heterosexual, and being someone who identifies that way, and who’s taking on this seminal role, my scariest thought was, Am I allowed to do this?” I want to know as much of the garden as possible before I pass - I have an openness to any impulses that may arise within me at any time. I think most people - we’re intrinsically trying to control our experience here, and manage it, and put walls around what we are and who we are. “My stance toward life, though, is that I always try to surrender to the mystery of not being in charge. “Up until this point, I’ve only been sexually attracted to women,” Garfield says. In a philosophical and wide-ranging interview that tackles issues like the nature of evil, the power of being a femme queen, and how to live in today’s reality – Andrew Garfield opens up to OUT magazine about his own sexuality, and reveals how a semi-public discussion involving his preparation process landed him in hot water with the LGBTQ media last year.
