In a culture where straight actors are berated for taking on LGBT roles or trans roles (like Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl), it's refreshing to hear some common sense from an A-list actor like Garfield. He doesn't see any reason why he should be prevented from taking on gay roles, especially because the whole point of acting is to, well, act. Garfield is a straight man who dated Emma Stone for four years and is now in a relationship with Alyssa Miller. It’s the only thing that’s going to save us right now.” It’s what we need most as a culture, and it’s beautiful. Because I’m not willing to support the death of empathic imagination. Indeed, his entire career has been punctuated by earnest but uneven. 'So the two separate conversations have to happen simultaneously. Garfield’s pin-wearing gained applause from most Twitter users, though some criticized him for not doing more for trans rights. 'But the other is about empathic imagination, and if we only allow people to be cast as exactly who they are, it’ll be the death of it,' he said. This plotline cemented Garfield's decision to return to the franchise. Because we should want a world in which no matter your sexual orientation, your color or your heritage, everyone gets a fair whack.' In 'Spider-Man: No Way Home,' Garfield's Spider-Man is able to save Holland's love interest, MJ, played by Zendaya. “One is about equality of opportunity, and I’m completely in on that. “I think it’s two different conversations getting conflated,” he said.
