Andrew Garfield reflects on playing Sam Altman in Artificial
- Andrew Garfield plays OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Artificial, a film centred on the 2023 OpenAI boardroom crisis, when Altman was abruptly fired and then reinstated days later.
- Garfield said he did not meet Altman before playing him, so he prepared using interviews, public records, the screenplay and other research to understand his personality and leadership style.
- Garfield also said the role made him think deeply about AI’s impact on people and society, while the film also features characters based on Mira Murati, Ilya Sutskever and Elon Musk.
Source: variety.com
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