Andrew Garfield has apparently entered his "don't tell me what's happening" era. The actor admitted he's been so unplugged lately that he still hasn't watched Spider-Man: Brand New Day or The Odyssey. So when the marketing for his upcoming historical drama The Uprising briefly appeared to transform into a Robin Hood movie, Garfield was completely out of the loop.
The campaign sparked confusion on Aug. 20 after the film seemingly became The Uprising: The Rise of Robin Hood. Garfield, however, isn't complaining.
In fact, he's perfectly happy to let the internet do its thing if it gets people into theaters. "We're in a time of chaos. There's no formula to getting people to see a film," Garfield tells The Hollywood Reporter.
"However that happens - whether it's me eating chicken wings with hot sauce, or people talking about Robin Hood or a deranged horse - I just really believe in [The Uprising]. Whatever gets people to see it in a communal experience, like they've been doing all summer with other movies - that's my hope, my dream and my prayer. So bring on the deranged horse." That "deranged horse" is a callback to the viral first-look image from We Live in Time, which featured Garfield and Florence Pugh alongside a particularly unhinged carousel horse.
Set during England's 1381 Peasants' Revolt, The Uprising follows Garfield's Ploughman as he joins real-life rebels Wat Tyler and John Ball. And while Robin Hood influences the story, Garfield says fans shouldn't expect a traditional superhero-style reveal. "The Robin Hood aspect is more of an emergent energy and archetype within our story," he says.
