Andrew Garfield reveals why he doesn’t like to use social media
Hollywood star Andrew Garfield who is playing a social media influencer in his new movie Mainstream doesn’t agree with the many virtual platforms of the present times. According to Fox News, the British actor is starring as Link, a YouTube star who takes a young artist (Maya Hawke) under his wing. The two are soon found consumed by what it means to become a viral celebrity.
Garfield told Fox News this was a departure for him in terms of character. “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,” he described. He further added, “I got to be liberated and play something that was very, very foreign to me and maybe access parts of my personality that I had buried deep within since I was a kid.”
Even before signing on to the film directed by Gia Coppola, Garfield believed in limiting his social media use.
He explained, “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. I don’t have a reason to really use it particularly.” Garfield further admitted, “I don’t think using social media would be beneficial to my mental health. I think I am very sensitive and permeable, and I want to remain that way.”