His next project sees him work with Lin-Manuel Miranda for Tick, Tick… Boom, adapted from a semi-autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson of Rent fame.
And Andrew Garfield had a busy day on set as he got into character while filming in New York City’s Central Park with the director, 40, on Thursday.
The actor, 36, could be seen filming dramatic scenes in the iconic location, as he ran at high speed in front of a camera crew.
In a hurry: Andrew Garfield got to work on set of Tick, Tick… Boom as he ran through Central Park in dramatic scenes filmed on Thursday
Andrew was in full costume as the aptly named Jon who is striving toward his dream of being a Broadway composer but is spinning his wheels.
His starving artist look saw him pair a green knit scarf with a blue jumper that he had thrown over a pink T-Shirt to ward off the cold.
The Social Network star completed his character’s costume by wearing simple black trousers and smart lace-up shoes.
Running with a determined look on his face, Andrew was later seen wearing a stoic expression as he strolled through the park during a take.
Notes on a scene: During a break from filming, Andrew could be seen chatting with director Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel, who shot to international fame by writing and starring in the Broadway show Hamilton, had a chat with his leading man between takes.
The Mary Poppins Returns actor kept things casual for their busy filming schedule, as he wrapped up in a checked charcoal coat, and accessorised with a cherry red scarf and blue knit cap.
Tick, Tick… Boom! is Lin-Manuel’s first turn at film directing since the 1996 comedy Clayton’s Friends, which was only 59 minutes long.
Jonathan wrote Tick, Tick… Boom! and performed it as an off-off Broadway one-man show in 1990, years before Rent made him famous.
Intense: Andrew could be seen running at high speed in front of a camera in the iconic location
In the musical, the leading man Jon faces a personal crisis as he considers getting out of show business and leading a stable life.
The real Jonathan Larson eventually earned his place in musical theatre history with the smash 1996 show Rent – but did not live to see his success.
He died aged 35 of an undiagnosed aortic dissection the morning of Rent’s first off-Broadway preview in January 1996.
Later that year, the show opened on Broadway and was a massive triumph, earning Jonathan a posthumous Pulitzer Prize For Drama among other honours.
A half-decade later Tick, Tick…Boom! was reworked into an off-Broadway piece with three actors, each playing multiple characters.
Lin-Manuel’s movie cast – which includes Vanessa Hudgens, Robin De Jesus and Alexandra Shipp – will play one character apiece.
Vanessa earned praise in January 2019 by playing the scene-stealing role of Maureen in a FOX televised production of Rent.
Rent, Sunday In The Park With George, and Hamilton are all among the only nine musicals ever to win the Pulitzer Prize For Drama.
In character: Andrew was in full costume as the aptly named Jon who is striving toward his dream of being a Broadway composer but is spinning his wheels
Iconic stage songwriter Stephen Sondheim, who had a Broadway theatre renamed after him in 2010, is depicted in Tick, Tick…Boom! as someone Jon idolizes.
The score also contains a song called Sunday about Jon’s job in a diner, a spoof of the song of the same name from Stephen’s show Sunday In The Park With George.
Lin-Manuel has worked with Stephen before – he and his father Luis translated some of Stephen’s West Side Story lyrics into Spanish for a bilingual revival.
However rather than casting Stephen to play himself in the movie, Lin-Manuel has selected Bradley Whitford, who won an Emmy as Josh Lyman on The West Wing.
Cosy: Andrew’s starving artist look saw him pair a green knit scarf with a blue jumper that he had thrown over a pink T-Shirt to ward off the cold