Much to my chagrin, Andrew Garfield didn’t get an Oscar nomination for his legendary turn as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network back in 2011. However, his performance in the film about Facebook is one of the elements that is still taking the internet by storm. For example, his laptop smashing scene went super viral on TikTok earlier this year, and now the actor is sharing his surprisingly deep thoughts on those videos.
At the moment, Garfield is promoting his romance on the 2024 movie schedule , We Live In Time . However, along with chatting about that and topics like taking a break from acting, he’s also opening up about his older films, like The Social Network . During an interview with THR he was asked about the viral TikToks of people lip-syncing to his “I’m sorry, my Prada’s at the cleaners.
..” speech, and his response was amazing as he said: [Laughs] It’s passion.
It’s justice. I guess people on TikTok like justice, and they like outraged, righteous indignation and someone searching for justice — where Eduardo Saverin is in that moment. And I think they probably subliminally like seeing technology being smashed too.
He makes a fabulous point. The scene in The Social Network , which serves as the film’s climax as Eduardo finds out that his shares in Facebook have been diluted, is loaded with emotion and rage. Plus, when you mix this amazing performance from Garfield with the masterful direction of David Fincher and a quick-witted script from Aaron .