Andrew Garfield Reflects On "Low-Budget" SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Experience And Shares Message For The Haters

Andrew Garfield Reflects On "Low-Budget" SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Experience And Shares Message For The Haters

Andrew Garfield has talked more about returning as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home and what sounds like a unique experience working on the project. He also shares a message for his detractors...

By JoshWilding - Dec 08, 2023 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: Variety

Andrew Garfield had a handful of noteworthy roles to his name before being cast in The Amazing Spider-Man (many of you will likely remember his two-episode stint in Doctor Who, for example), but it was playing the wall-crawler that put him on the map.

His time in the Marvel Universe was shorter than expected as he bid farewell to Peter Parker after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was released in 2014. Before Sony Pictures decided to team up with Marvel Studios and recast the character, Garfield has been eyed to star in two more solo outings, Sinister Six, and possibly even Venom.

The actor was recently on hand for the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia and reflected on both the experience of playing Peter Parker and how it felt to be brought back into the fold for Spider-Man: No Way Home

"I’ve loved Spider-Man since I was three years old," he explained. "I was in the gym a lot. I ate soup and berries. I trained at Parkour and yoga. I helped with the script. I need to nourish that child who is out there watching."

"I think until all three of us were in the room rehearsing, figuring out what we were going to do, there was no way of writing it," Garfield said of teaming up with Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland. "Every single one of us had our own version of that character and we didn’t know how they were going to interact, until they were actually interacting in the room together."

"So it was as if you were making a low-budget short film with friends. And it was the biggest movie in the history of movies." As for whether he ever gets upset about people preferring other versions of Spider-Man over his, Garfield joked, "I’m 40 years old. If you love me, fine, and if you don’t love me, it’s your loss."

Rumour has it Garfield will return as Spider-Man in one of the upcoming Avengers movies. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is another likely possibility and there are still rumblings that Sony might make some version of The Amazing Spider-Man 3

"I mean, yes, definitely open to something if it felt right," Garfield said earlier this year of a possible return as Spider-Man. "Peter and Spider-Man, those characters are all about service, to the greater good and the many. He’s a working-class boy from Queens that knows struggle and loss and is deeply empathetic."

"I would try to borrow Peter Parker’s ethical framework in that, if there was an opportunity to step back in and tell more of that story, I would have to feel very sure and certain in myself."

Keep checking back here for the latest on Spider-Man's big screen future as we have it. 

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WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 12/8/2023, 6:47 AM
Haters?
tylerzero
tylerzero - 12/8/2023, 6:49 AM
In my mind, the brilliance of the multiverse concept debuted, peaked, and ended with this movie.
Moun10dew
Moun10dew - 12/8/2023, 7:07 AM
@tylerzero - yup....Flash was announced prior to this movie, but Warner Brothers dropped pretty much every single ball after that. DC fan here, but loved this Spiderman movie. Lol although I have to say that when Matt Murdock appeared I had to do a silent fist pump in the theater as it was crickets. No one knew who that was on the screen.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 12/8/2023, 7:02 AM
Still can’t believe the dude’s 40 wtf, where’s time gone!
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 12/8/2023, 7:55 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - what I loved about NWH is that you had a Gen X Spidey, a Gen Y Spidey and a Gen Z Spidey together on screen. The chemistry amomg them was, well, amazing.
DemonTweeks
DemonTweeks - 12/8/2023, 7:02 AM
he was the stand out in No Way home for me
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 12/8/2023, 7:07 AM
@DemonTweeks - agree
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 12/8/2023, 7:07 AM
The guy is the best live action Spider-Man out there.
MartianManHuntr
MartianManHuntr - 12/8/2023, 8:28 AM
@SpiderParker - Agreed. He was even best out of 3 in no way home also.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 12/8/2023, 10:17 AM
@MartianManHuntr - Yeah, he was definitely Peter 1.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 12/8/2023, 7:15 AM
He had haters?

I thought the movie was trash but I didn't hate anyone in it.
Spike101
Spike101 - 12/8/2023, 7:33 AM
I thought he was very good as a modern day Peter Parker and as Spider-Man, the issue with the 2 movies he did was the reimagining of some of the supporting characters like the Goblin, Electro and Aunt May for example, and of course that ridiculous take on the Rhino.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 12/8/2023, 8:08 AM
I don't think anyone hates his Peter/Spidey. Even on this site, which is saying something.

Far and away, he was the highlight of NWH for most people. Some (including myself) may rank his movies as their least favorite of the bunch, but it has nothing to do with his performance. He and Emma Stone are the saving graces of those movies.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 12/8/2023, 8:14 AM
I'm a fan of Garfield's Spidey and was happy with the redemption in NWH. I didn't hate ASM2 that much and was looking forward to them completing the trilogy.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 12/8/2023, 8:23 AM
No Way Home is still the only good multiverse project Marvel Studios has released. I cannot understand why everything else has been either unnecessarily complicated or just not good as far as tackling the concept (and writing/storylines) goes.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/8/2023, 9:14 AM
@RitoRevolto - for me it comes down to how it's used. In No Way Home it really led to consequences and impacted the characters, whereas the rest just felt like gimmicks
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 12/8/2023, 10:08 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Yeah, that's definitely a big part of it.
Forthas
Forthas - 12/8/2023, 8:36 AM
Good for him. It would be great if Sony agreed to having two Spiderman at the same time. One appearing in the MCU and one in the separate universe of the Sony MCU. While I don't generally think it is a good idea under the circumstances it could benefit all parties involved. It is working for Godzilla so there is that!
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 12/8/2023, 8:51 AM
His Peter Parker was a degree or two below meh, which I guess was because for whatever reason they were trying to make him both outcast cool nerd and science nerd and managed to miss the mark twice, but the carjacking scene is probably the most Spider-Man scene in live action thus far.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/8/2023, 9:15 AM
@Reeds2Much - agreed. I like his Peter Parker the least, but his Spider-Man the most. Him just helping firefighters while wearing one of their hats is just peak Spider-Man for me
thewanderer
thewanderer - 12/8/2023, 8:56 AM
Garfield is one of those rare actors who has yet to turn in a bad performance.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 12/8/2023, 9:03 AM
What’s an hater ant this point? anyone who has some sort of criticism at all?
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/8/2023, 9:09 AM
I think there's a bit of revisionist history going on here in these threads. People thought his Spider-Man was decent to good, but they hated his Peter Parker. Oftentimes, people don't know the difference between hating a movie, hating a performance, and overall disdain. Consequently, the actors, actresses, directors, and writers alike get undeserved vitriol.

Once Garfield had that redeeming moment in 'No Way Home,' there was an abundance of goodwill for him around here, but it wasn't always like that at all.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 12/8/2023, 9:11 AM
"I think until all three of us were in the room rehearsing, figuring out what we were going to do, there was no way of writing it. Every single one of us had our own version of that character and we didn’t know how they were going to interact, until they were actually interacting in the room together."

Makes me smile cause all three are so defined to us, and it definitely made that 3rd act something magical.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/8/2023, 10:04 AM
Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the worse of the Spider-Man movies, I don't hate it, I would put it on the same level as Spider-Man 3.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 12/8/2023, 10:29 AM
@marvel72 - I don't think there are any bad Spider-Man movies, just movies that had overexpectations or movies that tried to do things a little differently cause its been done before, surely the makers lost confidence and put out a sub-par version than the one they promised but still not bad. That only goes for the Spider-Man movies though, not the Venom-verse.

Who knows, #ReleaseTheWebbCut might be around the corner next.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/8/2023, 3:25 PM
@SpiderParker - I agree, they all have their moments that I enjoy,just some better than others.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/8/2023, 10:31 AM


Spidey NWH was great.

Both ASM were completely horrible.

The end.

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