Though Tammy Faye would endure as an unlikely gay icon, Jim Bakker would prove to be a tragic fool for a false God, one who promised fame and money at the cost of personal integrity. The Eyes of Tammy Faye evokes the wild rise and fall of the Bakkers, Christian TV’s first couple: Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain), the open-hearted and unstoppably camp lamb of God and her husband Jim (Garfield), an eager preacher who believed that dollar signs came with a divine blessing. In playing the ill-fated, greed-fueled televangelist Jim Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Garfield once again must explore the grand promises, and ludicrous cons, of the American Dream. What must Andrew Garfield think of American culture? After his breakout as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network - the banner film of the scammer generation - the British star navigated the corporate complexities of playing Spider-Man on the silver screen, and now, he’s taken on the role of another poor wretch in our capitalist terror arena.
