# Andrew Garfield Hopes ‘The Uprising’ Makes Billionaires “Scared Sh*tless”: “They’re The Most Soul Sick”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/andrew-garfield-hopes-the-uprising-makes-billionaires-scared-shtless-theyre-the-most-soul-sick/
- Published: 2026-09-08T10:37:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-08T16:50:05+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/09/andrew-garfield-hopes-uprising-billionaires-scared-shtless-1237070457/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Garfield wants "The Uprising" to unsettle billionaires with its message
- Greengrass film reimagines Robin Hood legend, out 10 September in the US
- Garfield plays a 1831 farmer leading a tax rebellion against the king

## Summary

Andrew Garfield says he wants his new film "The Uprising" to leave billionaires "scared shitless", casting his retelling of the Robin Hood legend as a pointed warning to today's wealthy elite. Directed by Paul Greengrass and released in the US on 10 September, the film stars Garfield as Ploughman, a farmer-turned-rebel leader in 1831 England, drawing explicit parallels between historical uprisings against injustice and modern-day struggles under concentrated wealth.

Speaking at a screening Q&A, Garfield said he hoped the film would be "galvanizing" and prompt audiences to see their own struggles reflected in the characters' fight against oppression, in which Ploughman leads a rebellion against King Richard II (played by Woody Norman) over a punishing tax imposed in the wake of a devastating plague. He also seized on a line from the film, "there will be no peace until we are healed", with Greengrass calling it as true today as 600 years ago, and Garfield arguing billionaires might be "the most soul sick" and most in need of that healing.

## Coverage

- [Deadline: Andrew Garfield Hopes ‘The Uprising’ Makes Billionaires “Scared Sh*tless”: “They’re The Most Soul Sick”](https://deadline.com/2026/09/andrew-garfield-hopes-uprising-billionaires-scared-shtless-1237070457/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: Why Andrew Garfield Says Billionaires Should Be “Scared Sh**less” by ‘The Uprising’](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/andrew-garfield-billionaires-scared-the-uprising-movie-1236693586/)
- [IGN: Andrew Garfield Says He Hopes Billionaires Are 'Scared S**tless' by His New Movie, The Uprising](https://www.ign.com/articles/andrew-garfield-says-he-hopes-billionaires-are-scared-stless-by-his-new-movie-the-uprising)

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