Even though the world is online, this Hollywood actor insists on living his offline. British actor Andrew Garfield says there’s a good reason why he doesn’t use social media, even though he plays an influencer in his new YouTube movie, Mainstream.
Andrew says one of the reason why he doesn’t connect with his fans – and maybe even his critics, too – online is because he is way too sensitive. Here’s what you need to know.
In the new movie Mainstream, Andrew plays a YouTube star by the name of Link who takes a young artist (Maya Hawke) under his wing. The two are soon consumed by what it means to become a viral celebrity.
Andrew Garfield Refuses To Use Social Media
Speaking about his character, Andrew told Fox News in an interview, “It is a very outlandish, extreme, kind of liberated, uncensored, untethered from reality in certain ways, kind of pure id, pure ego kind of character. I got to be liberated and play something that was very, very foreign to me and maybe access parts of myself that maybe I had buried since I was a kid.”
And while Link might be obsessed with all things social media, Andrew doesn’t see it this same way.
I have a Twitter account, but it’s not like a ‘me’ thing. It’s like, I just have it to follow news and people that are funny,” he explained. “I don’t have a reason to really [use it] particularly. I don’t think [using social media] would be beneficial to my mental health. I think I’m too sensitive and permeable, and I want to stay that way.”
Andrew also said that he watched a lot of YouTube personalities online in order to prepare for his role.
“It’s like that hustle culture thing, and it’s not conducive to good mental health I would argue, but also it’s not conducive to one’s true self in a way because you’re constantly chasing something outside or rules that have been placed upon you from the outside,” he added.
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