Andrew Garfield Says Spirituality Belongs in Social Justice, and His New Rebellion Movie Proves It

Andrew Garfield has never been shy about big questions, and his latest role leans all the way in. In The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’s film about the 1381 Peasants’Revolt, Garfield plays a farmer who buries his family and then joins a rebellion against the powerful. Jamie Bell co-stars as radical priest John Ball, and the story weaves in the Robin Hood archetype. History class, but make it cinematic.

In a press-day conversation with RELEVANT, Garfield said something that’s resonating far beyond the film:“I think that spirituality, its rightful place, is within social justice.”Coming from the guy who starred in Silence, Hacksaw Ridge and Under the Banner of Heaven, it’s not a throwaway line. It’s the throughline of his career. He’s drawn to men of faith under pressure, and he’s honest about his own search for meaning, which deepened after his mother Lynn died of pancreatic cancer in 2019.

Garfield also shared that the film comforted him, telling him he’s not alone in his longing for change. That’s the thing about a 600-year-old rebellion landing in 2026. The details change, but the hunger for justice doesn’t. If you’ve been feeling like the world is a lot right now, this one might meet you exactly where you are.

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