Drew Barrymore DGAF about getting F'd. The actor and talk show host recently revealed that she'd be down to give up sex for “years,” which might not be the most common attitude, but it's certainly healthier than the alternative.
The topic came up on The Drew Barrymore Show when she talked about Andrew Garfield preparing for the 2016 priest drama Silence, a role he prepared for by fasting, praying, and abstaining from sex for six months. “I was like, ‘What’s wrong with me that six months doesn’t seem like a very long time?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, so?’” Barrymore quipped, per Entertainment Tonight.
Contributor Ross Matthews had the same attitude: “Well, I get abstaining from sex. I did that my entire 20s,” he said during “Drew's News.” Added Matthews, “We buried the lede there, that’s the headline, ‘Drew Can Go Six Months, No Big Deal,’” to which Barrymore replied, “Oh, years.”
Seriously, are we supposed to be impressed by a mere 180 days? That's less time than it takes to grow a human or get off the Raya wait list. Whatever!
Garfield's period of celibacy was part of Method-style acting, which Barrymore says she's dabbled in as well. “You do want to transform and fully commit, so I understand that,” she said of getting deep into character. “I definitely, on certain projects—like when I was doing Grey Gardens, this film I did where I played this beloved real-life woman Edie Beale…. I was so nervous I didn’t really chitchat with everybody on set. I just really stayed in character, or her.” It paid off for her! Barrymore won a Golden Globe for that role.
I'd like to propose a follow-up to Silence about monastic nuns played by Drew Barrymore and Sandra Bullock. Not because Bullock doesn't get laid or anything. I just think the two of them would have good onscreen chemistry. Hollywood, @ me.
