Andrew Garfield Talks ‘The Uprising,’ Spider-Man, Sam Altman & Paul Greengrass
Andrew Garfield plays an anonymous farmer drawn into rebellion as crushing taxes and inequality push England’s working class to revolt, critics say.
- On Friday, September 11, 2026, "The Uprising" opened in theaters, directed by Filmmaker Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield as a revolutionary farmer during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England.
- Greengrass employs his signature "shaky cam" style to immerse viewers as the Ploughman leads a rebellion against the Crown, driven by crushing taxes, inequality, and years of suffering that push England's working class to the breaking point.
- After portraying OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in "Artificial," Garfield describes this role as a "palate cleanser," seeking to make the character "alive and nuanced and complicated" as he transitions between opposing forces.
- The film features Cosmo Jarvis as rebel leader Wat Tyler and Jamie Bell as radical priest John Ball, with critics noting the storytelling is "bracing and stark," though the middle section proves "mushy and confusing."
- Greengrass avoids moralizing, presenting the revolt as inevitable under oppression, while Garfield suggests the story resonates as a "universal cry of the soul" regarding status and disempowerment in any era.
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Andrew Garfield on the reason he had to make 'The Uprising': 'I think we're in trouble'
Andrew Garfield stars as Ploughman in ‘The Uprising.’ (Betina La Plante/Focus Features) Andrew Garfield stars as a leader of the rebellion against King Richard II in The Uprising. While Garfield’s character is the star of the film,
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