“He’s done a brilliant job on himself, he deserves to make movies”: Andrew Garfield defends this famous, controversial director.

Mel Gibson is known for his prolific acting career and especially his roles in the sagas Mad Max and Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson is also known for his directorial work.

A director of 5 feature films, he won 5 Oscars for his excellent Braveheart in 1995 before signing on for the challenging The Passion of the Christ, the intense Apocalypto and the powerful Thou Shalt Not Kill.

“I learned that people can heal, people can change.”

It was on the set of this last film, about a young American soldier who refused to carry a gun during World War II because of his beliefs, that Mel Gibson met Andrew Garfield, the hero’s translator.

Currently in full promotion of the melodrama L’Amour au present, the young actress recently spoke on the People.com website On the topic of his meeting with Mel Gibson, which leads to a very beautiful collaboration:

“I learned a lot . I learned that people can heal, people can change, people can get help. I learned that everyone deserves respect.

And that people deserve a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance. I learned that none of us are without mistakes.”said Andrew Garfield, referring to the controversies that rocked Mel Gibson’s career in 2006.

Arrested while drunk, the filmmaker made anti-Semitic comments, for which he publicly apologized a few days later.

“It deserves stories to be told.”

“He’s done a brilliant job on himself.”Garfield continues. “And thank God, because he’s an incredible director and I think he deserves to make movies. He deserves to tell stories because he has a huge, compassionate heart.”

A young actor, always at the microphone People.comThen he discussed the memories of filming with Mel Gibson in a little more detail:

“He’s the kind of director who can come out from behind the monitors with wet eyes. He knew when it was right and he knew when it wasn’t. And I really trusted him. He’s a visceral storyteller like he can’t. Help, but you feel everything.

Almost 10 years after Thou Shalt Not Kill, Mel Gibson is set to return early next year to film the sequel to The Passion of the Christ.

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