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'The Uprising': Andrew Garfield explains how the 'no kings' line almost didn't make the cut

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Shannon Connellan, Teodosia Dobriyanova
'The Uprising': Andrew Garfield explains how the 'no kings' line almost didn't make the cut
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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.

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