Movie:silence

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Andrew Garfield Felt the Pressure of Working on Martin Scorsese's Passion Project 'Silence'

    Martin Scorsese first announced he would adapt Shūsaku Endō’s novel Silence — about a Portuguese priest dispatched to 17th century Japan to investigate the reported apostasy of his mentor — in 2007. Scorsese planned to have film be the follow-up to Shutter Island (2010), but it would take nearly a decade for the iconic director’s passion project to hit movie screens. Andrew Garfield, who plays the lead character Father Rodrigues (a role initially intended for Gael García Bernal), admits he fel

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    Andrew Garfield Reflects on His Two New Faith-Driven Films, 'Silence' and 'Hacksaw Ridge'

    Andrew Garfield has not one but two high-profile faith-driven dramas out this winter. First there was Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson’s WWII drama starring Garfield as Desmond Doss, a devout combat medic forbidden by his church from taking up arms yet who managed to save the lives of 75 men at the Battle of Okinawa. Now, the 33-year-old Brit headlines Martin Scorsese’s Silence, an epic retelling of Portuguese priests attempting to keep Catholicism alive during the 17th century Japanese Inquisition.

  • NewsVariety

    Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' Lands Oscar-Season Release Date

    Liam Neeson in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ (Paramount)

  • NewsMeriah Doty

    Andrew Garfield Opens Up About '99 Homes,' Donald Trump Dislike, Facebook, and Scorsese

    Soon, Andrew Garfield will add another notch to his IMDb résumé: starring in a Martin Scorsese film. The 32-year-old actor will play a Jesuit priest in the filmmaker’s 2016 movie Silence. The drama, co-starring Michael Shannon and Laura Dern, stars Garfield as a financially strapped single father struggling to make ends meet.