Andrew Garfield Leans All the Way into 'Freaky' Horse Meme fromWe Live in Timewith Custom Denim Jacket

Mar. 15, 2025

Andrew Garfield in ‘We Live in Time’ and in N.Y.C. on Oct. 2.Photo:Courtesy A24; Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Courtesy A24; Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Andrew Garfieldhas fully accepted that he might just be a horse boy now.

The actor, 41, can’t escape the horse meme from his upcoming filmWe Live in Time, and he’s come to understand that that his best course of action is embracing all the weirdness.

Andrew Garfield in N.Y.C. on Oct. 2.Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

The custom jacket is just one of the many ways Garfield has gotten on board with what could have been just an innocuous carousel horse in the film, which also stars Florence Pugh. In fact, Garfield originally didn’t think the horse — which got it’s own meme-worthy fanbase after finding a home on one of the movie’s posters — would go quite so viral.

He said on the Oct. 2 episode ofThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertthat he did, in fact, notice the horse on the poster, but he thought maybe he’d be theonlyone to notice it. He told host Stephen Colbert that first saw it while just about to enter a phone-free retreat — and after he got his phone back, he quickly realized that everyone noticed.

“I see this image and I think, ‘Maybe I’m the only one that will notice this insane horse. It feels like we’re in his poster in a way. I’m probably being overly sensitive and no one else will see it.’ And then I go into this retreat, turn my phone off,” he said. “Six days later, I open my phone, the first thing is Stephen Colbert talking about the insane horse.”

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Garfield later told PEOPLE that the image of he and Pugh with the horse was actually quite “pretty,” even though the horse may have stolen the show.

He admitted, though, that they weren’t fully aware at the time of the power the horses would have over the internet — only slightly aware that the horses had a very unique look.

“I think we maybe were aware, ‘Oh god, these horses are freaky,'” Garfield told PEOPLE. “But the image was the thing. They’re so pronounced. It was like we were invading its poster.”

Stephen Colbert with his horse T-shirt.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/YouTube

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/YouTube

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Garfield also gave Colbert a T-shirt of his own with a giant horse head on it so he can always display his own love of theWe Live in Timehorse. When presenting Colbert with the gift bag, Garfield told him, “I have a gift for you if you’d like, because I know you love this movie, and you loveWe Live in Time, and you’re a big Florence Pugh fan, and I just thought you deserve it.”

We Live in Timewill be in theaters on Oct. 11 in limited release and Oct. 18 in wide release.

source: people.com