Find out how Andrew Garfield prepared for priest role in movie Silence

Andrew Garfield went above and beyond to prepare for his role as the Priest in the 2016 movie titled, Silence.

The Spiderman actor recently spoke to Marc Maron on his WTF podcast, in which he revealed pivotal details on his practices to fully embrace the holy character.

“I did a bunch of spiritual practices every day, I created new rituals, I was celibate for six months and I was fasting a lot,” the 39-year-old explained.

He described the experience as “very cool” as he went on to disclose that he specifically abstained from sex and food.

“It was very cool, man,” he continued. “I had some pretty wild, trippy experiences from starving myself of sex and food at that time.”

Andrew also revealed he spent a year studying under Jesuit writer Father James Martin, whom he called his “friend and spiritual director.”

He shared that Martin helped him research Catholicism and showed him how to do a series of spiritual exercises to get ready for his role in the drama.