Andrew Garfield Says Hacksaw Ridge Director Mel Gibson ‘Has Done a Lot of Healing,’ ‘Deserves to Make Films’ (Exclusive)

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Andrew Garfield has nothing but fond memories of working with director Mel Gibson on the 2016 war drama Hacksaw Ridge. 

For a Movies of My Life feature in the new issue of PEOPLE, Garfield reflected on several of his films, including his new romance We Live in Time, The Amazing Spider-Man and the Gibson-directed Hacksaw Ridge.

Asked what he learned from working with Oscar-winning Braveheart director Gibson, 68, Garfield, 41, said, “I learned a lot, actually. I learned that people can heal. I learned that people can change, that people can get help. I learned that everyone deserves respect,” he said. “And that people deserve second chances, third chances, fourth chances. That none of us are infallible.”

Before making the movie about World War II soldier Desmond Doss, a pacifist who refused to carry a gun while serving in the Army, the Jewish actor said he had “deep, important conversations” with Gibson, who made anti-Semitic statements when he was arrested for…

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