Andrew Garfield mocked for telling billionaires to be 'scared' of his new film... as Spencer Pratt delivers savage reality check

Andrew Garfield has been mocked after telling billionaires to be 'scared' of his upcoming new film titled The Uprising. The 43-year-old actor, who recently put on a cozy display with girlfriend Monica Barbaro in NYC, made the comments while attending a discussion of the historical action drama at The Grove in Los Angeles on Thursday. The movie, which is set to hit theaters in the U.S. on September 10, follows the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. At one point, Garfield was asked what he hopes the audience takes away from the project, per The Movie Report. As part of his answer, the star expressed, 'I hope that if any billionaires watch it, they're scared s***less.' Garfield soon received backlash on social media, with Spencer Pratt taking to X to call out the actor's multi-million dollar paychecks.Andrew Garfield, 43, has been mocked after telling billionaires to be 'scared' of his upcoming film titled The Uprising, with Spencer Pratt, 43, calling out his multi-million dollar paychecks 'You mean...like the billionaires who greenlight your movies and stroke all your multi-million dollar paychecks? Or they good?' Pratt wrote'You mean...like the billionaires who greenlight your movies and stroke all your multi-million dollar paychecks? Or they good?' Pratt wrote. The Hills alum continued, 'Ironically, Garfield just got paid like $5M for playing billionaire Sam Altman in Artificial.' Others offered their response to Garfield's comment, as Chief Technology Officer of Tablet Magazine, Noam Blum, penned on X: 'More billionaires were involved in making this than will probably ever watch it.' Columnist John William Sherrod also wrote: 'Hilarious that world-famous, multi, multi-millionaire Andrew Garfield is cosplaying as a put upon member of the working class.' Another commentator on X wrote: 'I love how millionaires are trying to make billionaires the problem.''Oh look, the Dem Socialist multimillionaire is lecturing the billionaires about their wealth. I guess there are levels to this hypocrisy.''Are millionaires now considered part of the middle class?' someone else questioned.The Daily Mail has reached out to reps for Garfield for comment, but has yet to hear back. Garfield has a reported net worth of around $16 million as of 2026, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The British-born star began to gain wider recognition on the screen after taking on roles in films such as Never Let Me Go (2010). That same year, he worked alongside Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network which had a budget of $40 million. Chief Technology Officer of Tablet Magazine, Noam Blum, penned on X: 'More billionaires were involved in making this than will probably ever watch it' The actor also said that he hoped The Uprising, which follows the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, is 'galvanizing'; seen above in The Uprising (2026) Garfield has a reported net worth of around $16 million as of 2026, according to Celebrity Net Worth; seen in 2025 in Las Vegas Garfield later portrayed the character of Spider-Man in Marc Webb's 2012 movie The Amazing Spider-Man. The film had a budget of $200-$230 million, while the 2014 sequel also starring Garfield was made on a budget of $200-$293 million. Both movies raked in around $1.4 billion in the global box office. Garfield has starred in other big budget productions such as Hacksaw Ridge (2016), which was directed by Mel Gibson and garnered around $180 million in the box office. He portrayed the role of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the movie Artificial, which will hit theaters in late 2026. The project had a budget of $40 million. The Uprising sees Garfield playing the character of Ploughman and additionally stars Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie and Jonny Lee Miller. The film is 'based on the true story of the uprising that inspired the legend of Robin Hood,' with Garfield's character becoming the 'leader of a rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II in a fight for justice,' per IMDB. Elsewhere during his discussion at the L.A. event on Thursday, the actor said that he hoped the film is 'galvanizing.''I hope there's some awakening that people feel... that we all feel like our own struggles are being reflected in the struggles of these characters from a distant time and place and that it could be directive.' Garfield (L) stars as billionaire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino's film Artificial, which is set to premiere at the 2026 New York Film Festival on October 5 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) both raked in around $1.4 billion in the global box officeDuring a recent interview with Deadline, Garfield opened up about wanting to be a part of the project after reading the script. 'I really felt very passionate about it and I felt very touched by it in a very, very deep, deep place.'The star added that 'it felt like a kind of antidote to the disenfranchisement and a kind of isolation and an anxiety and an awareness that the world is out of joint.'That there's major and minor injustices occurring all the time in our world and that there seems to be no accountability.' He explained that he would get up each day 'like the rest of us going, "Are the people that I want to be held accountable being held accountable today? No."'Every day it was a repeat enragement every morning. And I read this, and I thought, Well, here’s a response to that.'Garfield continued that the film 'feels like a good place to put our energy and our artistry and our yearning to set the world in order.'