Andrew Garfield’s Guilty Pleasure Reality Show Is This Steamy Netflix Series

Andrew Garfield has one of the most impressive CVs in Hollywood. The actor got his start in theater productions as a child, but the international audience first started to turn their heads to Garfield in 2010, with his roles in David Fincher's The Social Network, Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, and with the announcement he would be the next actor to don the mantle of Spider-Man in the 2012 reboot of the Marvel franchise. He has charmed in every category of entertainment, from his roles in film and television to his thoughtful guest appearances on talk shows, and his ever-engaging red carpet interviews.

With Garfield having starred alongside many of Hollywood's most talented leading ladies, it isn't a surprise that audiences around the world have developed a crush on the internet's favorite boyfriend. And though he may have elevated tastes when it comes to his film choices, Garfield recently revealed that he has vices just like the rest of us when it comes to having a guilty pleasure reality TV habit. And Garfield's favorite escapist series may surprise you, considering his recent reputation for being such a romantic leading man.

Andrew Garfield's Reputation for Romancing the Audience

It was on the red carpet that Garfield managed to kick off one of the most endearing viral moments in recent internet lore. At the 2022 GQ's Men of the Year Awards, quirky interviewer and professional flirt Amelia Dimoldenberg caught Garfield's eye, snagging a quick red carpet interview with him that went viral for all the right reasons. Garfield and Dimoldenberg had an endearingly awkward chemistry, which left viewers literally begging the pair for another interaction.

Wishes were granted when Dimoldenberg was a correspondent at the 2023 Golden Globes and once again interviewed Garfield as he reluctantly realized that even their horoscopes indicated that the pair would make an incomparable duo. Garfield's ability to summon chemistry on a whim is probably a reflection of his performing abilities, and so, when he wants to lay on the charm, he is able to fluster even the most professional of flirts. When Garfield finally appeared on an episode of Dimoldenberg's YouTube series, Chicken Shop Date, the pair broke the internet with their flirtatious back and forth (seriously, even Elmo got involved). Even though he has become the world's current favorite lover-boy, Garfield recently revealed that his taste in reality TV is steamier than one might expect.

Garfield's Pitch on Why 'Too Hot To Handle' Is a Great Show

In his recent interview with W Magazine, Garfield admitted that the steamy Netflix dating series Too Hot To Handle is his favorite guilty pleasure. When the interviewer revealed they were unfamiliar with the series, Garfield gave a pitch on why anyone who hasn't seen the show should watch it, and he mounts a solid argument. He describes the contestants' excitement as they arrive at their island vacation destination in their "swimming costumes," convinced they are on another kind of dating series where physical intimacy is the main objective. But when Garfield gets to describing the heart of the series, he articulates why many viewers have looked past the raunchy antics the series is often known for, since the show is also filled with oddly endearing moments.

Garfield demonstrated a befuddled charm that was reminiscent of Hugh Grant in his Notting Hill era when he forgot the name of the robotic cone that is in charge of the contestants on Too Hot To Handle, cocking his head and querying to himself, "I think it's Alana? Lana? Lana or Alana, I don't know." He described the contestants' commitment to the series' learning process under Lana's supremacy, trying to keep physical intimacy on the back burner as they learn to form deep and meaningful connections with their partners. Voicing the opinion of many reality TV champions, Garfield speaks about how the seemingly trashy dating series actually allows the contestants to become truly vulnerable, opening up about their family histories and emotional traumas with each other during the process. It is in these moments of vulnerability that viewers start to understand Garfield's passion for the series.

For someone who regularly needs to delve into the emotional world of the characters he inhabits, watching people open up to one another in these vulnerable moments and finally be seen as their true selves, sometimes for the first time, holds a special allure that goes way beyond the bikini babes and dude bros the series' image promotes. Garfield's pitch on why people should watch Too Hot To Handle managed to gloss over the outrageous premise of the series, and went straight to the heart of why viewers love reality TV in the first place, guilty pleasure or no, which is that occasionally people allow the world to see them as their most authentic selves.

Too Hot To Handle is available to stream on Netflix.