Andrew Garfield’s Mom Died 5 Years Ago, The Only Way He Feels Close to Her Even Now Will Tear Your Heart Open
- Andrew Garfield is one of the private celebrities and yet he never refrains from talking about his mother.
- Garfield's mother passed away in 2019, but the actor still has a way to feel close to her.
- The Hacksaw Ridge actor revealed how his mother's encouragement allowed him to pursue acting.
The grief of losing a loved one is insurmountable. Over time, the pain subsides, but it is still very much there like a cut that always bleeds. Andrew Garfield understands this well. Death had taken people away from him before, but nothing came close to how he felt when he lost his mother.
Most people refrain from talking about the pain they feel about losing a loved one, but the Hacksaw Ridge actor is not one of them. In fact, he never lets go of a chance to talk about his mother, which is very inspirational for those who tend to avoid such sensitive topics. Recently, he revealed the only way he feels close to her and what he said is nothing short of heartwrenching.
Andrew Garfield Revealed 1 Way He Feels Close to His Mother Even After 5 Years of Her Demise
Andrew Garfield is certainly not the first celebrity to lose a loved one, but he is definitely one of the rarest ones who address their grief so publicly. For someone as private as him about his personal life, it is truly brave to talk about it so openly.
Garfield lost his mother to pancreatic cancer in 2019. He was filming The Eyes of Tammy Faye at the time and the production of Tick, Tick… Boom! was about to begin. Fortunately, he was able to be by her side. He dedicated his performance in the latter to his mother.
In a recent episode of the podcast, All There Is with Anderson Cooper (via CNN), Garfield revealed how he feels close to his mother even after all these years. He said that it is the “crying out”, the desperate need to have his mother by his side, and the deafening silence that all of it is met with that makes him feel close to her.
Only in really inhabiting that absence, being that little boy at the bottom of that empty cave in vast darkness and just kind of crying out. That’s the only moment that she that she comes. It’s like it’s a necessity and it’s so weird. It’s like the longing and the grief. Fully inhabiting it and feeling it is the only way I can is the only way I can really feel close to her again.
He believes that loss and grief are what make people truly appreciate life. To put it simply, hardships make a person more alive and open to the good things life has to offer.
Andrew Garfield on How He Is Indebted to His Mother Who Encouraged Him to Pursue Something Creative
Garfield has achieved a lot in his career. To name a few, his run as the Marvel superhero Spider-Man, two Academy Award nominations for the movies Hacksaw Ridge and Tick, Tick… Boom!, and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
In an interview with TODAY back in 2021, he revealed how it was his mother who played a great role in pursuing acting of all things.
I tried clay molding, and I wasn’t very good. And I tried painting, and I wasn’t very good. Tried music and I was fine. And then the last thing I tried was theater. She kind of hung in there with me and was the first person to put me on that kind of path, so I’m indebted to her forever.
Someone rightly said that behind every successful man, there is a woman. For The Social Network star, it was his mother through and through. No wonder he never misses a chance to talk about her despite how painful it is for him. Needless to say, his mother must be proud of him.
