Andrew Garfield has spoken out on the stunning reactions to his new movie, After The Hunt, and one among his most divisive roles.
Alongside co-star Ayo Edebiri, Garfield spoke with RadioTimes relating to the blended response to Luca Guadagnino’s (recognized for Challengers and Name Me by Your Identify) new film, After The Hunt. Within the interview, Garfield states:
“Generally, as a inventive particular person, or as an individual that is placing work into the world for individuals to have opinions about, there is a sort of seduction, or a sort of temptation to need only a consensus. And clearly, for that consensus to be nice, like ‘individuals similar to the factor that I am doing’.”
After The Hunt was launched on October 17 and is a psychological drama specializing in a school professor, Alma (performed by Julia Roberts), who’s pressured to decide on between her private {and professional} lives when a scholar Maggie (performed by Edebiri) makes an accusation in opposition to her colleague Henrik (performed by Garfield).
Garfield is taking the criticism of his newest film on the chin and even mentioned it’s “liberating.” He continued by including, “‘Oh, everyone seems to be simply having their very own very subjective response to this piece of labor.’ And all of the sudden that turns into the story, in a manner, and that turns into perhaps extra – I do not know – growthful or invigorating or difficult.”
Guadagnino’s new film debuted with a disappointing 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been extensively criticized for being too “sluggish” and too “filled with itself“. The movie isn’t performing effectively in theaters and has solely raked in slightly below $2 million worldwide since releasing regardless of having a star-studded forged and an equally celebrated director on the helm.
After The Hunt promised to be one other movie that offered emotional complexity and lavish visuals, however in line with critics, fell quick by each measure. Nonetheless, that isn’t stopping Garfield from being delighted by the divide of opinion and Edebiri praised the director as she’s “discovered a lot” from the expertise.
Garfield is understood for his roles in The Wonderful Spider-Man, Hacksaw Ridge, and We Dwell in Time. He’s presently engaged on a number of new tasks, together with The Rebellion and one other Guadagnino movie Synthetic. Edebiri is understood for her main function in The Bear, which has propelled the actress as one to observe.
This film’s opinions have additionally put a dent in an in any other case close to excellent RT streak for Garfield following a protracted record of effectively performing motion pictures. Nonetheless, his new function seems to have a left a constructive impression on the actor and is already main the way in which for future roles with Guadagnino.
After the Hunt is presently taking part in in theaters.
- Launch Date
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October 10, 2025
- Director
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Luca Guadagnino
- Writers
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Nora Garrett
- Producers
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Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, Allan Mandelbaum