Andrew Garfield on the meaning of no kings in The Uprising
"No kings." What the phrase means in 2026 America might be different to what it meant to England during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, but it's a powerful declaration in either context.Connecting these words across time, Paul Greengrass' The Uprising tracks one of the defining moments of radicalism in British history. We meet Andrew Garfield as John Ploughman, a farmer who plays a key role in the resistance. "He was worried that it would feel like we are trying to say something specific in response to something that's just happening.
- ▪"No kings." What the phrase means in 2026 America might be different to what it meant to England during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, but it's a powerful declaration in either context.Connecting these words across time, Paul Greengrass' The Up
- ▪We meet Andrew Garfield as John Ploughman, a farmer who plays a key role in the resistance.
- ▪"He was worried that it would feel like we are trying to say something specific in response to something that's just happening.
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"No kings." What the phrase means in 2026 America might be different to what it meant to England during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, but it's a powerful declaration in either context.Connecting these words across time, Paul Greengrass' The Uprising tracks one of the defining moments of radicalism in British history. We meet Andrew Garfield as John Ploughman, a farmer who plays a key role in the resistance. In the 14th century, farmers, artisans, priests, and more common folk took on the tyranny of King Richard III, as the impact of the Black Death hung heavy, the Poll Tax ruined lives, and the Hundred Years’ War between England and France raged.And in the film, Ploughman indeed says aloud, "No kings.""It was a line that Paul thought he should cut because he had written it before all of the…
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