I really love that aspect of preparation and worked really heavily on the script with Lance to make sure it felt authentic. I spent a lot of time with Mormons, ex Mormons, gay Mormons, Bishop Mormons, detective Mormons. Andrew Garfield has responded to the backlash of his declaration that he is gay 'just without the physical act.' In a Q&A tied to the London production of Angels in America, the 33-year-old actor. I researched a lot, and I did all of my preparation in a really deep way. The actor told Us Weekly: “I prepared heavy in the lead up to shooting. He stars opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones and Gil Birmingham, and Andrew has said he immersed himself in Mormon culture to tackle the role. The drama is based around a murder within Utah’s Mormon community and Andrew plays a detective charged with investigating the killing. I need to just be a bit ordinary for a while.”Īndrew is currently promoting his latest TV project, an adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s best-selling true crime book ‘Under The Banner of Heaven’. “Because, as you know, that is a washing machine, that awards season. “I need to re-calibrate and reconsider what I want to do next and who I want to be and just be a bit of a person for a while.