John Crowley, the director of We Live in Time, tells us about Florence Pugh's approach to acting and how it resulted in such a terrific performance.

As two of the most in-demand actors of their generation, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield have transformed themselves into all kinds of roles.

Over two hours, We Live in Time follows the relationship of Tobias (Andrew Garfield) and Almut (Florence Pugh). From their meet cute — aka Almut running Tobias over — to having their first child and everything in between, the movie is unafraid to show the good, bad, and ugly of a relationship.

John Crowley's out-of-sequence romance has flashes of emotional heft but this is a film that thinks it's more important than it is.

The chemistry that Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh share in their new movie took some time to build. Two time Oscar nominee Garfield, 41, tells PEOPLE he was initially reserved around his We Live in Time costar Pugh,