Their collective social life, he says, “was proper Brits-abroad stuff.

His British friends in LA: He came up with Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Dornan and Tom Sturridge. “But do I think Olivia Colman gave one of the best performances of the year? Yes I do.” Then, after a pause, “I think they acknowledged some great people.” Another pause, and a twinkle. “Honestly, how people vote is none of my business,” he says. But if I’d grown up to be a murderer, she would have shown up at the prison with chocolate chip cookies every week.”ĭid he feel snubbed when he didn’t get a BAFTA nom? He starts laughing, then shifts into diplomacy mode. Of course she was proud of the career achievements I was proud of. His mother, who passed in 2019: “She was the embodiment of unconditional love. Garfield chatted with the Telegraph recently about where he is in his career and it’s sort of a review of everything he’s done already, in his 17 years in the industry. To be fair, he’s equally proud of both, the film and the nomination. Anyway, he’s still hustling for Tick Tick Boom, and he’s still hustling for his Oscar campaign. I felt like he was actually a sleeper choice for just the nomination, but Oscar prognosticators have suggested that he might be a lot of Academy voters’ second choice after Will Smith. Andrew Garfield has been enjoying his first Oscar nomination this year.