Andrew Garfield Says His Sex Scene with Florence Pugh Went a 'Little Bit Further Than We Were Meant To'

Mar. 15, 2025

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh on Sept. 6, 2024.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty

Emma McIntyre/Getty

Andrew GarfieldandFlorence Pughgot a bit carried away while filming a sex scene for their upcoming romantic comedy,We Live in Time.

While chatting withHappy Sad Confusedpodcast hostJosh Horowitzon Oct. 4, the 41-year-old actor revealed that as he and Pugh, 28, filmed a steamy scene they got so caught up acting that they didn’t hear “cut” — and they kept going even after the camera stopped rolling.

Recalling the moment, Garfield recounted the initial awkwardness as the pair — who play a married couple inWe Live in Time— got intimate for the film,footageof the onstage interview in New York City shows.

Imitating his demeanor during intimate scenes, Garfield said, “How’s this? May I kiss you now? You don’t have to, even though we’re pretending to be married.” After inspiring laughter from the audience, he added that, ever-the-professional, Pugh simply laughed off any weirdness.

“She would just laugh at me because she’s very confident in her body and her sexuality and her being,” theAmazing Spider-Manactor said. “Florence is Florence.”

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a ‘We Live in Time’ scene.Peter Mountain/A24

Peter Mountain/A24

So when it came time to do the first take of a “very intimate, passionate sex scene” — filmed on a closed set with just the leads, a camera operator and boom operator — the actors got a bit carried away, Garfield recalled.

“The scene becomes passionate — as we choreographed it — and we get into it, as it were,” the actor recalled. “And we go a little bit further than we were meant to just because we don’t hear ‘cut’ and it’s feeling safe, and we’re kind of like, ‘Okay let’s go to the next thing and the next thing and we’ll let this progress.’ ”

At a certain point, he recalled, he and Pugh were “both kind of telepathically saying to each other, ‘This definitely feels like a longer take.’ ”

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a ‘We live in Time’ scene.A24/YouTube

A24/YouTube

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InWe Live in Time, Garfield and Pugh portray couple Tobias (Garfield) and Almut (Pugh) — whohave a unique meet-cute after Almut accidentally hits Tobias with her car— as their romance blossoms and relationship changes over the years.

We Live in Timeis in limited theaters starting Friday, Oct. 11.

source: people.com