“I was sure that that would really play at the end of the film. The idea behind that was that in life, death is irredeemable. It’s an absolute event that happens — game over,” Crowley says. “And in storytelling, it’s not. You actually can come back to life in stories, and you can find the truth of what that means and find the expression of that.”

Andrew Garfield couldn't really say no when John Crowley called him for a role in We Live in Time even though he was on an acting hiatus

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Andrew Garfield co-stars with Florence Pugh in time-jumping weepie "We Live in Time." But he also makes a cameo in the romantic drama as someone else.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh's new film, We Live in Time, is in theaters internationally today, and audiences will likely find themselves at least tearing up—if not full-on bawling—by the time the credits roll.