# Andrew Garfield faces backlash after telling billionaires to be ‘scared’ of his new movie

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/andrew-garfield-faces-backlash-after-telling-billionaires-to-be-scared-of-his-new-movie/
- Published: 2026-09-06T22:00:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-06T22:32:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/andrew-garfield-takes-heat-online-calling-out-billionaires-screening-new-movie
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- Andrew Garfield told billionaires to be "scared" of his new film
- Critics called him hypocritical given his own wealth and film pay
- Film "The Uprising" depicts England's 1381 Peasants' Revolt

## Summary

Actor Andrew Garfield has drawn online criticism after telling billionaires he hoped they would be frightened by his new film, "The Uprising," a historical action drama about England's 1381 Peasants' Revolt. Speaking at a Los Angeles screening alongside director Paul Greengrass, Garfield said he hoped audiences would feel their own struggles reflected in those of the film's characters, adding that he hoped any watching billionaires would be "scared sh--less." The comment quickly attracted mockery given Garfield's own wealth and Hollywood success.

Critics, including former LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt and a Tablet Magazine executive, accused Garfield of hypocrisy, noting he was reportedly paid around $5 million to play billionaire Sam Altman in the film "Artificial" and that wealthy backers fund the very productions he stars in. Others, including a Virginia pastor and a Substack columnist, dismissed the remarks as out-of-touch "socialist" posturing from a multi-millionaire star. "The Uprising" depicts the aftermath of the Black Death, when heavy taxation to fund the Hundred Years' War drove impoverished commoners to revolt, with Garfield playing a fictional character alongside Cosmo Jarvis as rebel leader Wat Tyler. Neither Garfield nor Greengrass responded to requests for comment.

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