Plus, how he thinks Jonathan Larson would’ve reacted to his Best Actor nomination.
With great power comes great responsibility…and apparently great acting chops?
Then, there’s Oscar winnerJ.K.
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“How funny it is that?”
“I’m so happy for Kirsten.
I think her performance inThe Power of the Dogis second to none.
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I’m a huge fan.
It’s a very, very funny thing.
It’s a cool morning.”
Meanwhile,Spider-Man: No Way Homeitselfalso picked up an Oscar nomination, for Best Visual Effects.
“Jonathan and Desmond were, in very different ways, men of faith.
But Garfield says the entire process has felt like a birthday present to the late Larson.
“It’s all Jon’s birthday, every time we get good news for our movie.”
“He would be very, very proud, and very happy,” he says.
“And he would also make fun of it all.
He was so irreverent, and he would undercut things in such beautiful ways.
But I think he would also say, ‘Damn right!’
He was so in self-possession of his own powers and his own gifts.
He didn’t shy away.
He would’ve worn success like a very well-fitting glove.
I don’t think he would have shied away in any way shape or form.
He’d be like, ‘Yes, this is correct.'”
To which he replies, “I’m the future of musical theater, Scott.”
“Jon never got the honors,” says Garfield.
“He never got the awards while he was alive.
He didn’t get the harvest.
He was just waiting and waiting and waiting and writing the next one and writing the next one.
He never got to see any of the fruits of his labors.
Everyone else thought he was crazy.
But he wasn’t.
So, here it is Jon, proving that he is in fact the future of musical theater.”
