Andrew Garfield Describes Awkward Sex Scene in Which He and Florence Pugh Didn't Hear the Director Call Cut
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in the upcoming romantic drama We Live In Time, and in the film, “Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken.”
The film looks like it will tell a beautiful and moving story, but Garfield has shared one awkward story from the set of the film. The actor told 92NY during a Q&A:
"We were doing the first take of this very intimate, passionate scene. It’s a closed set, which means it’s only me and Florence and the camera operator, who’s a lovely man called Stuart. And he’s very polite and very sweet and gentle.
The director’s in another room next door. And so the scene becomes passionate and we get into it as it were and we go a little bit further than we were meant to.
It’s feeling safe and we just kind of… go from the next thing to the next thing and we’ll let this progress and we’ll just carry on."
The pair apparently failed to realize that Stuart had stopped filming some time ago, and that he was facing the wall until they realized the scene was over.
It doesn’t sound like they were having too bad a time though, getting caught up and all. It was probably more funny than anything when they realized they were doing extra credit in the scene.
The film is directed by John Crowley, from a screenplay penned by Olivier Award-winning playwright Nick Payne. The rest of the cast includes Adam James, Marama Corlett, Aoife Hinds, Heather Craney, Douglas Hodge, Niamh Cusack, Lucy Briers, Robert Boulter, and Kerry Godliman.
We Live in Time had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is set to begin a limited theatrical run in the US on October 11 before premiering in the UK on January 1, 2025. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can check it out here.