In ongoing “2017 isn’t as bad as it could possibly be, but let’s spit everywhere to not tempt the Evil Eye about it” news, Andrew Garfield is nominated for an Academy Award for the very first time!

The Jewish actor is nominated for playing a religious Seventh-day Adventist pacifist turned WWII hero in Hacksaw Ridge (the kid has played a lot of Christians this year). Unfortunately, also nominated for an Academy Award is the film’s director, Mel Gibson. But remember, Andrew Garfield says working with a notorious anti-Semite as a Jew was totally fine.

Garfield’s odds of winning are rather low (his competitors include Denzel Washington and Casey Affleck, the latter of whom took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor this year). But still, Mazel Tov to Andrew! It’s no small achievement, and at 33, he’s got plenty of career ahead of him (*insert more superstitious spitting here*).

Coincidentally, Garfield’s ex-girlfriend Emma Stone is nominated for Best Actress this year, but the two are on good terms, so it probably isn’t weird. Up against Stone is Natalie Portman, nominated for Jackie, but she already has an Oscar, so whatever.

Finally, while it’s going to be a shame to see Lin-Manuel possibly miss the final letter of his EGOT this year, if he loses, it will almost certainly be to a songwriting team that includes Benj Pasek, a Member of the Tribe.

Good luck to all the Jewish (and not Jewish) nominees! The Oscars air on Sunday, February 26.

Image: Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge. Via IM GLOBAL.

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You can add Andrew Garfield to the list of Jews who are totally cool with Mel Gibson. Not only is he starring in Gibson’s new film Hacksaw Ridge, but he told Jimmy Kimmel that he had no issues with the director who has a history of anti-Semitism.

Kimmel got right to it:

“Were you worried about working with him?” He asked. “You’re Jewish, right?”

“I am, yeah. I’m proud,” replied Garfield, cementing several Jewish teenage girls’ decision to stick pictures of him on their bedroom walls.

Garfield insisted that he was nothing but excited to work with Gibson, explaining that he’s glad he was able to get to know him “without all the noise and the nonsense getting in the way.”

Hacksaw Ridge is a biopic about a conscientious objector in World War II who served in the Battle of Okinawa anyway, without a weapon, rescuing fellow soldiers. It’s really Christian, both explicitly with its Seventh Day Adventist hero, but also its themes of pacifism and redemption. Apparently, the Christian message laid on thick, though the film has garnered mostly positive reviews. We here at Jewcy reserve our judgment having not seen it, but let our skepticism be noted.

You can watch Garfield talk to Kimmel about Gibson (and then go on to make general small talk) below:

Image: Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge. Via IM GLOBAL.

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Lo and behold! Spider-Man is a Jew. Well, at least that’s what Spidey-star Andrew Garfield said.

Although never said explicitly in any of the films, the 30-year-old British actor knows a Jew when he sees one (he is one!). Ah, the neuroses! The self-doubt! The over-thinking. Put those three in a blender and there you have the concoction of a stereotypical Jew.

Garfield told The New York Post, ““Peter Parker is not a simple dude,” Garfield told Time Out. “He ums and ahs about his future because he’s neurotic. He’s Jewish. It’s a defining feature.”

Garfield isn’t saying that you have to be a Jew to be a neurotic, over-thinker, is he? Well, not exactly. But kinda. At least Garfield defeats the stereotype of being a nebbishy, clumsy Jew; he’s buff! Well, we’d hope so. He’s a superhero!

“I hope Jewish people won’t mind the cliché because my father’s Jewish. I have that in me for sure,” Garfield said.

Spidey does Passover! We like it. Look out for Garfield in the The Amazing Spider-Man 2, coming to a theater near you on May 2nd.

(Image: Getty)

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