Unlike Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield isn't worried about being associated with his tech villain

Andrew Garfield knows he may continue to be associated with Sam Altman for years to come, and maybe even the rest of his career, but unlike Jesse Eisenberg, he’s okay with that. “I’m not concerned about that,” Garfield told GQ in a new cover story published today. “And I don’t think Jesse should be either. I think he’s such an incredible artist and an actor and director [and] writer. Much of Garfield’s interview centered on his performance as Open AI CEO Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, a film that The A.V. Club‘s Monica Castillo described as “a cautionary tale of Shakespearean proportions.” The movie marks Garfield’s first time playing a tech villain, having previously played Eduardo Saverin, the emotional (and more likable) counterpart to Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. Garfield’s embodiment of the CEO has earned positive reviews from critics and even Altman’s brother, who voiced his approval of his walk in the film. Altman himself has also insisted that he waved at Garfield on the set of Artificial, despite the actor saying he’s “never seen him in real life.” The role could go on to define Garfield’s career, but the actor told GQ that the link to Altman isn’t scary to him. “It’s fine by me.”