Andrew Garfield (AP Photo)

"I was filled up with all this information and all this longing to spread the teachings of Christ, which I truly started to adore."

Those are the words of actor Andrew Garfield, who recently told them to Hollywood Reporter reporter Stephen Galloway.

Garfield is starring in the new film “Silence,” which was directed by Martin Scorsese. Based on the novel by Shusaku Endo, it’s the story of Jesuit missionaries Sebastiao Rodrigues (Garfield) and Francisco Garrpe (Adam Driver), who come to Japan in 1639, searching for a missing priest, Father Cristovao Ferreira (Liam Neeson). The film opens December 23.

Garfield, probably best known for playing Spider-Man in two films, told the Reporter that his training for “Silence" involved instruction from Fr. James Martin, a Jesuit, as well as doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola.

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