A media deep dive into Harris Dickinson & Andrew Garfield
A month or so ago, I wanted to see more of Harris Dickinson, so I decided to read through his Imdb and watch more of the stuff he’s been in! I’ve done this for Jacob Elordi and it was fun to see his other works that are less known. Also, Andrew Garfield has been doing a shit ton of press for We Live in Time which I need to go see, and it’s been so lovely to see him back in the “scene” so to speak. A combination of these two media deep dives awaits you below.
I first saw Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness a few years ago and have been obsessed since. I know he’s also in Iron Claw, which I believe was well received by critics, but I didn’t want to watch it because after watching Matthias and Maxime and this other movie How to Have Sex, I wasn’t in the mood for anything upsetting and/or distressing. I also just have no interest in boxing movies generally. I really want to watch Scrapper, another film Harris was in that people loved, but I don’t have any of the premium subscriptions. I may cave later and buy it but for now, it remains on my “to watch” list. (spoilers ahead!)
Beach Rats: I’m not going to lie, I didn’t love this movie. I felt script wise it was a little underdeveloped and there wasn’t enough meat to understand why we should feel something, anything, towards Frankie (Harris’s character) except distaste. There are some moments where he’s this sweet, cocky boyfriend and that’s fun to watch and I appreciated the pouring rain wall ball scene but besides that, it’s just moves. In the scene where he and his friends are jumping the adorable boy with the weed, you want so badly for Frankie to change his mind before the attack occurs, but you know he won’t. I guess he doesn’t really learn anything throughout the film, but it’s a coming of age, so maybe he’s not supposed to.
Matthias and Maxime: He’s in this movie for maybe a total of 10 minutes, but in the 10 minutes that he’s embodying a fratty, arrogant, contradicting Canadian guy, he absolutely kills it. His opening scene is especially entertaining. This movie overall is such a solid watch and had me yelling at my screen towards the end, pleading for Maxime to not accept bullshit attempts of “love” from Matthias. It’s in French which is fun and the actors are convincing, although I’m confused about what age the main characters are supposed to be. Highly recommend, if you’re in the mood for beautiful men and a little heartbreak.
The King’s Man: I stopped watching when Conrad, Harris’s character, got shot dead point blank in the battlefield that he wasn’t even supposed to be in, mind you. I wasn't emotionally committed enough to the plot without him so I stopped watching with 45 minutes to go. The first hour 15 that I saw was mildly entertaining but I found that the fight scene with the Rasputin went on too long and the constant whining from Conrad about why he wasn’t allowed to go fight in the war grew tiresome. Harris looks great in this film, though, and I liked the character Polly.
Murder at the End of the World: I started this show a few months ago but I stopped about halfway through the first episode because I couldn’t get into it. However, once the setting shifts to the isolated retreat in Iceland, it changed the whole tone of the show, and I was locked in. I know Emma-Louis Corrin is the main protagonist, and they did a fantastic job as Darby, but truly Harris stole the scenes he was in. He does a brilliant job of showing his emotion through facial expressions rather than dialogue and his motivations as a character are clear. Really, really, really enjoyed his performance in this. The show itself was pretty good and the way it navigates the horrors of the climate crisis, AI and smart cities is really intriguing. The last episode felt way too “show” rather than tell. I understand it was probably difficult to unravel all the details and connect them in an hour of run-time, but I just felt like the show had ended and the directors were telling me straight up what had happened.
Full transparency, I’ve watched a lot more Andrew press than I talk about below.
Andrew & Florence for Vanity Fair: They have the exact same energy. They love a bit, they invest in a bit and they bicker like siblings. I’m so obsessed with them. Also, I love both of their hair in this and I love Florence’s laugh.
Andrew & Florence for WIRED: The way he dies at the question “What is Andrew’s best movie” as if it’s the most preposterous thing in the world is too funny. I want to go on a three-way dinner date with them- I think I would genuinely need medical assistance after laughing so hard but also, they would therapize me in a really genuine and non-invasive way. Once again, Florence’s laugh!!! It’s perfect.
Andrew puppy interview: I can’t stop staring at his arms in this interview. The top comment on this video is “Sometimes babygirl is a 41 year old man” and I think that just about sums up my feelings on him.
Bonus! A24’s recent joint interview with Harris and Andrew! What luck!
I just want to send a personal thank you email to whoever at A24 had the show stopping, brilliant idea to take my current two British favorites and film an hour-long conversation and put it on the Internet. The way they move about in the industry seems very akin to each other and I honestly feel like they learned from each other. Harris saying “He gave me like 20 minutes of wisdom… I didn’t really ask” about Tom Cruise sounds so fitting for Tom Cruise. The entire segment about them discussing surfing and skating was probably my favorite portion. I might adopt “mental” and “swear down” into my vocabulary after hearing Harris say it, though it definitely doesn’t sound as fun in an American accent. Andrew talking about how he looked like “a single celled organism” in high school because he couldn’t get into pubs or get a fake ID to get into them- hysterical. It’s also silly to know he would’ve wanted to be in the remake of White Men Can’t Jump. Andrew is currently reading Klara and the Sun which I read abroad, thanks to Sydney, and quite liked. Deep appreciation for them both.
