{"id":12128,"date":"2021-09-09T03:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blue-subtitle.com\/blog\/?p=12128"},"modified":"2021-09-09T03:14:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T22:44:38","slug":"andrew-garfield-on-loss-art-televangelism-and-those-pesky-spider-man-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blue-subtitle.com\/blog\/andrew-garfield-on-loss-art-televangelism-and-those-pesky-spider-man-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Garfield on Loss, Art, Televangelism and Those Pesky \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s Sunday in North Carolina, as two movie stars sneak into church. Skipping the standard celebrity camouflage of oversize sunglasses and vintage baseball caps, they hide in the back, hoping to avoid attention and the kind of gawking that could distract from the sermon. Only the Starbucks cups they clutch betray them as newbies to the congregation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The two are on a respectful mission to research characters for an upcoming movie about a fallen evangelist couple who spread the word of God and invoked the ire of the IRS. The leading man in the pew recognizes a churchgoer from his studies and braves a walk up the aisle with his co-star to ask him for a chat. They are met with silence and suspicion and led from the chapel to a back room. The two film stars fear they are about to be hauled out, but the churchgoer confers with a young male staffer and returns to look the leading man in the eye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWere you\u00a0Spider-Man?\u201d he asks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235057965\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0908_EditIns1_1000.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0908_EditIns1_1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0908_EditIns1_1000.jpg?resize=116,150 116w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0908_EditIns1_1000.jpg?resize=232,300 232w\" alt=\"Andrew Garfield Variety Cover\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1293\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This isn\u2019t the first sticky situation that\u00a0Andrew Garfield\u00a0has extricated himself from with a little superhuman charm. Garfield, who played the webslinger in two Sony films in 2012 and 2014, returned to that church \u2014 where the couple used to preach \u2014 over many subsequent Sundays with his colleague Jessica Chastain. There they delved into the tangled lives and legacies of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, whom they portray in \u201cThe Eyes of Tammy Faye,\u201d a biopic premiering at this year\u2019s Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Searchlight Pictures release, from director Michael Showalter, reexamines the cultural impact of the Bakkers, whom Garfield describes to\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em>\u00a0as \u201cthe first reality show couple.\u201d Jim and Tammy Faye were pioneering televangelist superstars from the mid-\u201970s to the mid-\u201980s; they combined their preaching with the standard talk show format in a way that had never been done. Their doctrine, Garfield says, was \u201cprosperity\u201d \u2014 a perfect theme for the \u201cgreed is good\u201d era, but also an obsession with materialism that ultimately led to the couple\u2019s downfall. In 1988, Jim was indicted on counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy, all surrounding donations solicited from viewers and investors in his church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Still baby-faced at 38 years old, Garfield is tasked with aging over four decades and selling the complicated story of Bakker. The man was a cherubic young pastor whose self-worth issues and deep belief in his interpretation of Scripture led to disgrace. Later this fall, Garfield will bookend the festival season with the November AFI Fest premiere of Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s feature directorial debut \u201cTick, Tick \u2026 Boom!\u201d The Netflix musical follows the artistic and emotional journey of late \u201cRent\u201d creator Jonathan Larson. In his most demanding screen role to date, one that requires him to sing and dance, Garfield embodies the trailblazing, multitalented lyricist and composer who brought issues of race, classism and homophobia to the establishment\u2019s front door before his sudden death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-2\" class=\"admz\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div class=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\">\n<div id=\"gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1\" class=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\" data-google-query-id=\"CN-Wy-u48PICFYfjGwod5DoEwg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8352\/Variety\/ros\/mid-article2_0__container__\">\n<div class=\"tlod\">\n<div class=\"tl_ut Variety_DT_InArticle_BTF_A9 tl-hidden\" data-tl-template=\"ut-v1.3.2\">\n<div class=\"Variety_DT_InArticle_BTF_A9_container Variety_DT_InArticle_BTF_A9_flexrules\">\n<div class=\"Variety_DT_InArticle_BTF_A9_media_container\">\n<div class=\"tl-outer-wrap\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both premieres come after a more-than-two-year hiatus from film acting, during which Garfield starred in West End and Broadway productions of Tony Kushner\u2019s \u201cAngels in America,\u201d a role that earned him the Tony Award for best actor in 2018. While dealing with tragedies both onstage and in his personal life, Garfield reveals, he developed a newfound appreciation for his craft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Born in Los Angeles and raised in a suburb of London, Garfield began training in youth theater at age 9 before studying speech and drama in primary and secondary school. His breakout roles came in the popular U.K. series \u201cDoctor Who\u201d and the 2007 Robert Redford drama \u201cLions for Lambs.\u201d With each subsequent part, Garfield has amped up his skill and intensity, evidenced by films like \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d \u201c99 Homes, \u201c \u201cHacksaw Ridge\u201d and \u201cSilence.\u201d This fall he hits a new stride, one that could land him in the thick of the Oscar race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chastain spent 10 years developing a scripted feature based on the 2000 documentary \u201cThe Eyes of Tammy Faye.\u201d For much of that time she was hustling for financing as a producer and perfecting her Tammy Faye voice as an actor. Garfield was a \u201cget,\u201d she says, one that helped her rise to the occasion on set.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cHe sent me a video of his very first makeup test, and he was already doing his accent. To be honest, it scared me a little bit. It was a kick in my butt, working with Andrew. He\u2019s someone that you have to show up for every day or no one is going to notice you in the movie,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Garfield says he was thrilled to be chosen by Chastain, but had certain reservations when it came to portraying Bakker. After all, Jim and Tammy Faye became tabloid fodder and \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d punchlines (she was a particular target of satirists, thanks to her signature heavy makeup, false eyelashes and fondness for shoulder pads in peak \u201980s fashion).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI was very honored to be asked to partner with her in that way and help her realize her vision,\u201d Garfield says of Chastain. \u201cMy only caveat was \u2018I\u2019m not going to be a mustache-twirling villain.\u2019 She said, \u2018Of course not. I want you to do this because you\u2019ll make him a full person.\u2019 We weren\u2019t looking to make fun of anybody or do anything but tell an essential truth about their dynamic. The universality of their story and how we can all get lost and follow the wrong god. And how beautiful it is to be humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bakker was certainly humbled. In addition to jail time, he was further marred by sexual assault accusations from a female church staffer named Jessica Hahn on top of allegations that he had consensual sex with two male co-workers. He was released from prison in 1994 and continues to preach today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235057986\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-1-FULL.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-1-FULL.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-1-FULL.jpg?resize=120,150 120w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-1-FULL.jpg?resize=240,300 240w\" alt=\"Andrew Garfield Variety Cover Story\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The film feels particularly timely, Garfield says, given the consumerist frenzy populating social media, which exists so people can share photos of elaborate vacations and shopping binges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe pervading religion right now is prosperity. Look at any social media platform; it\u2019s no accident. Jim and Tammy were the first reality show couple. They announced births and had family Christmases on the air. They were pre-Kardashian Kardashians,\u201d he says. \u201cLook at these megachurches now; it\u2019s alive and well. It\u2019s all prosperity doctrine. \u2018I am enough if I have this.\u2019 That is what fascinated me about Jim, and it was painful to play: inhabiting that space of total dependence on something that is undependable and calling it God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While grappling with Bakker\u2019s demons on set, Garfield was dealing with a larger test of faith at home. Before he accepted the \u201cTammy Faye\u201d gig, Garfield learned that his mother, Lynn, had been diagnosed with cancer. A woman he describes as \u201cthe purest angel,\u201d she handmade Garfield a Spider-Man costume out of felt when he was 3, some 25 years before he would don the official suit. He resisted leaving for the North Carolina shoot, but she encouraged him to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cShe said, \u2018I would struggle with you not doing it on account of me.\u2019 I told her, \u2018OK, but promise me when it\u2019s time to come home you\u2019ll let me know,\u2019\u201d Garfield says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">News of her imminent passing came during filming in late 2019, at which point Chastain and Searchlight Pictures co-chief David Greenbaum sent Garfield back to England to be by his mother\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe good news about me and her is that we left nothing unsaid,\u201d Garfield says. \u201cWe had all the quality time we could possibly have while she was here. And those last two weeks I got to be with her were probably the most profound two weeks of my life. To be with her and my dad and my brother, all of her friends, my nephews. It was full of grace in the midst of the terrible tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After completing the shoot, Garfield says he needed time to \u201cbe a human being, not a human doing.\u201d He knew that, off in the distance, work would begin eventually on \u201cTick, Tick \u2026 Boom!\u201d As an untrained singer, he had already begun rigorous vocal coaching. When he finally did ship off to set with Miranda, he says, his view on the ill-fated Jonathan Larson was colored by the loss of his mother and the preciousness of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Despite the ubiquity of \u201cRent,\u201d few people know much about the musical\u2019s creator, Larson, except for the way he died, tragically young and on the precipice of great success. Larson suffered a heart attack on the morning of the first preview performance of \u201cRent\u201d in 1996 at age 35. A rare heart condition called Marfan syndrome went undiagnosed, despite his complaints of severe chest pain and dizziness for days prior. He would not live to see \u201cRent\u201d win four Tony Awards including best musical, capture a Pulitzer Prize for drama, mount more than 5,000 performances to date or invent the Broadway lottery ticket system in order to feed the high demand from fans of all income brackets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTick, Tick\u201d introduces us to Larson five years before \u201cRent\u201d would mount that first performance. The film\u2019s title refers to the solo musical Larson wrote about his own existential struggle, as a man who is obsessed with making art but cannot catch a break to fund it. His world is populated with the same chosen family \u201cRent\u201d depicted. It\u2019s a community comprising all creeds, colors and sexual orientations, and one drenched in the bohemian spirit of lower Manhattan in the 1990s, a glittering moment of pre-gentrification rebelliousness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Miranda had been toying with the idea of adapting \u201cTick, Tick\u201d as a film for years. As much a student of musical theater as one of its modern masters, the \u201cHamilton\u201d creator caught Garfield in the London staging of \u201cAngels in America\u2019\u2019 and says he was blown away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI was smitten with him in that production. I locked in on him as Jonathan Larson and the idea never went away,\u201d Miranda says. When \u201cAngels in America\u201d moved to Broadway and began courting American Theater Wing voters for that year\u2019s Tony Awards, Miranda jumped at the chance to support Garfield and his cast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235057990\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-3-FULL.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-3-FULL.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-3-FULL.jpg?resize=120,150 120w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Variety-Cover-Story-3-FULL.jpg?resize=240,300 240w\" alt=\"Andrew Garfield Variety Cover Story\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThey asked me if I would moderate a panel, and I said yes just so I could grab some time with Andrew and talk to him about this,\u201d Miranda says. \u201cWe got sushi at Katsuya on 50th Street, and it was the first time I\u2019d ever sat down with him. He didn\u2019t know anything about Jonathan Larson, and I gave him the whole spiel, and he seemed intrigued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then came the moment of truth, when Miranda asked Garfield if he could sing. The director says the actor asked him when he planned to shoot the film, and Miranda replied he\u2019d need at least a year before cameras could roll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAndrew just looked at me and goes, \u2018In that case, I can sing,\u2019\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As Miranda sees it, Larson was both bursting with and burdened by talent. The ticking referred to in the title is not metaphorical; it is a repetitive and urgent sound he hears as the days pass. Working in a Manhattan diner as a waiter and sleeping two hours a night before he\u2019s back at his computer writing lyrics or at his piano writing music, the Larson of the film is barely making ends meet. Worse, he struggles to take care of those who take care of him, including a long-suffering girlfriend, Susan (Alexandra Shipp); his gay best friend and former artist turned corporate lackey Michael (Robin de Jesus); and a battle-ax agent who won\u2019t return his calls (a scene-stealing Judith Light). But it\u2019s not all artistic anxiety. Larson is pulsing with life. He belts unprompted numbers about true love, his anger over the AIDS epidemic and even the sacred ritual of brunch. All of it is done with the joy of a natural-born ham, a part of the acting sandbox in which Garfield has almost never been invited to play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When not spinning webs as Spider-Man, Garfield played the betrayed Eduardo Saverin in the Oscar-winning \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d a reformed juvenile killer in the harrowing \u201cBoy A,\u201d a young father facing financial ruin in \u201c99 Homes\u201d and a tortured priest in Martin Scorsese\u2019s \u201cSilence.\u201d Even his take on Peter Parker was considered by critics to be the broodiest of the bunch. It\u2019s safe to say that music and laughter have not come easy to Garfield in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Miranda has seen \u201cHacksaw Ridge\u201d and \u201cSilence.\u201d \u201cNo one suffers as beautifully as Andrew,\u201d he notes. \u201cThat\u2019s hard to do, and I think he\u2019s sought after for that, but one of the revelations of \u2018Angels\u2019 for me was how much more Andrew showed of himself. His character in that show, Prior, suffers but also gets that beautiful monologue about wanting more life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">While filming \u201cTick, Tick,\u201d the director says it was exciting to watch Garfield \u201cembrace the showmanship that comes with the kind of guy who would play you his whole musical as a one-man show in his apartment, as Jonathan was known to do. I think he had a wonderful time stepping into all of that.\u201d The film is also the most commercial endeavor Garfield has pursued since \u201cSpider-Man,\u201d especially given Miranda\u2019s star power and the deep pockets of Netflix contributing to marketing and awards campaigns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-x-36\" class=\"admz\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div class=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\">\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  aligncenter size-full wp-image-1235058922\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-a-glue-parent lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Cover-Story-Full.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Cover-Story-Full.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Cover-Story-Full.jpg?resize=120,150 120w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Andrew-Garfield-Cover-Story-Full.jpg?resize=240,300 240w\" alt=\"Lazy loaded image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-font-family-secondary lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-text-align-left a-glue@desktop lrv-a-glue--b-0 lrv-a-glue--r-0 lrv-u-flex u-justify-content-end\">\n<div class=\"c-figcaption__inner lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-grey-light lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-max-width-150@desktop u-max-width-200@desktop-xl a-featured-article-image-offsets__figcaption\"><cite class=\"lrv-u-color-grey u-font-family-basic u-word-break-break-word\">Cliff Watts for Variety<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After Sony scrapped Garfield\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man\u201d franchise, rebooting with the less tortured Tom Holland, he spoke of feeling disillusioned by the pressure of making studio tentpole films. Years later, Garfield\u2019s perspective has changed, and he says he has nothing but gratitude for the experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt was only beautiful. I got to meet Emma [Stone] and work with her and Sally Field. I had karma with Amy Pascal, who was a mother figure, and we would fight, but ultimately, we loved each other on a deep level. We tried to meet as much in the middle as we could in terms of why I wanted to do this role, and what her needs were as the head of the studio,\u201d Garfield says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Former Sony Pictures chairman Pascal remembers the moment Garfield was chosen for \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d which her studio released in 2010. \u201cI had worked with him a long time ago on a film called \u2018The Other Boleyn Girl,\u2019 but it was after David [Fincher] and I saw him in a series called \u2018Red Riding\u2019 that I knew he was a genius,\u201d Pascal remembers. \u201cHe perfectly captured the inner life of a high school student as Peter. He exudes such pathos and such intelligence. I think everything good is coming to Andrew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Garfield also expresses pride at being part of a superhero lineage with Tobey Maguire and Holland, both of whom he\u2019s bumped into at various points in his career. He goes red-faced and laughs it off when asked about unconfirmed reports and leaked images that seem to confirm that he will appear in the upcoming \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d a Multiverse tale that is said to unite him, Maguire and Holland for the first time on-screen as Spider-Men.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI understand why people are freaking out about the concept of that because I\u2019m a fan as well. You can\u2019t help but imagine scenes and moments of \u2018Oh, my God, how fucking cool would it be if they did that?\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cBut it\u2019s important for me to say on the record that this is not something I\u2019m aware I am involved in. But I know I\u2019m not going to be able to say anything that will convince anyone that I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening. No matter what I say, I\u2019m fucked. It\u2019s either going to be really disappointing for people or it\u2019s going to be really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Garfield is much happier drawing the focus back to \u201cTick, Tick,\u201d especially given the purpose he placed behind it \u2014 to honor his late mother. \u201cI can feel her smiling at that. She was someone who was taken arguably too soon, even though we don\u2019t get to decide. There are certain things you can\u2019t control. What I started to understand through her loss is that we\u2019re all leaving with a half-finished song,\u201d he says. \u201cBeing a part of this film with Lin and the rest of the company, I\u2019m able to sing Jon\u2019s songs and I\u2019m able to hold my mother\u2019s unfinished song in the lyrics and the music that Jon wrote. His work has become a container for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He hopes that audiences will reap the same benefit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt becomes a story where we can bring our individual, personal losses and we can share them,\u201d Garfield says. \u201cAnd then we can go back to living in that way where we know this is all finite.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<div id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-2\" class=\"admz\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div class=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\">\n<div id=\"gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1\" class=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\" data-google-query-id=\"CKaBiM228PICFYRHGwodUcgF4A\">Source: variety<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\" class=\"admz\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div class=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"aniBox\">\n<div id=\"aniplayer_selectJS756300416\">\n<div id=\"aniplayer_selectJS756300416gui\">\n<div id=\"av-caption\">\n<div id=\"av-close-btn-overlay\" class=\"av-pos-top-left\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Sunday in North Carolina, as two movie stars sneak into church. 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