SPIDER-MAN: Tom Holland Regrets Not Reaching Out To Andrew Garfield After He Replaced Him As Peter Parker

SPIDER-MAN: Tom Holland Regrets Not Reaching Out To Andrew Garfield After He Replaced Him As Peter Parker

Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland has confessed that he has some regrets over the way he handled taking over the role of Peter Parker from Andrew Garfield, but reveals they're now "the Spider-Boys."

By JoshWilding - Jun 15, 2023 09:06 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was released to mostly negative reviews in 2014 and, after Sony Pictures invested too much money in the sequel, it was deemed a box office disappointment despite grossing over $700 million worldwide. 

There was some online scuttlebutt about Andrew Garfield potentially upsetting Sony execs in Japan after missing a dinner, but when Sony Pictures decided to team with Marvel Studios, the decision was made to recast the actor. So, when Captain America: Civil War rolled around, Tom Holland was the MCU's Peter Parker. 

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Holland - who shared the screen with Garfield in Spider-Man: No Way Home - admitted he has some regrets about the way he handled taking over the role from his predecessor. 

"I was 19 when I got cast. I was so caught up in getting the role that I never took any time to think about what it must have been like for him," the actor says. "If I’d made my second movie and it didn’t necessarily deliver in the way it should have done and they recast me, I would really struggle to bounce back."

"Andrew bounced back in the most unbelievable way. I just wish I’d called him and just said, 'You know I can’t turn down this opportunity.'"

Holland says he was able to make things right with Garfield on the set of No Way Home and a bond has now formed between them and Tobey Maguire which has had unexpected consequences...a group chat with a wholly appropriate name!

"We have a great group chat and we catch up every now and then. It’s called the Spider-Boys," he reveals. "I was doing a charity event in London for the Brothers Trust and I was asking if they would be so kind as to sign a poster to auction off. They were obviously happy to oblige."

As for what else they discuss, all Holland would say is, "Spider-Man stuff."

You can find his comments about where things currently stand with Spider-Man 4 by clicking here

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 6/15/2023, 9:12 AM
OT: Saw The Flash. Ngl I thought it was great, really enjoyed it.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 6/15/2023, 9:20 AM
@PlusUltra - disagree, Saw it last night, VFX and crappy plotting ruined it for me. Far outweighed the good stuff. Opening act aside from CGI babies and CGI afflecks face was where it peaked for me.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 6/15/2023, 9:13 AM
I'm starting to think there's some agreement on Sony not being able to use either Maguire or Garfield again in a solo or spin off movie whilst Holland still in the MCU.

It's really just a waste if they continue to insist on making mid level movies like Venom, Morbius, likely Madame Web and Kraven aswell if they can't connect to a Spider-Man. Garfield's SM would be the perfect one to merge that with.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/15/2023, 9:25 AM
Make a dark Spider-Man movie with Garfield,I would love seeing a Spidey movie where he doesn't pull his punches.
Saga
Saga - 6/15/2023, 9:40 AM
Andrew the most sucessful Spidey actor?? Sure Tobey made the most money and Tom has his second franchise but Andrew 2 Oscar nominations, lead in a Scorsese film and he comes back as Spidey to steal the whole show. If Sony were Smart they should pay him up the ass to have him show up in their movies i guarantee people would be more forgiving to stuff like Kraven or madam web
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/15/2023, 9:51 AM
@Saga - I think NWH redeemed Garfield's Spidey in a lot of ways. He used to be my least favorite, but after how good he was in such little screen-time he's kind of solidified as maybe the best of the 3 now. I think that he would have always been the most successful spider-man actor regardless of how big his movies were though, if only because he was already in-demand before the movie was even out thanks to the social network
TheDarkLastSonKnight
TheDarkLastSonKnight - 6/15/2023, 10:32 AM
Imagining how different the group chats would be between Keaton, Bale and Affleck, and Cavill, Reeve, and Routh and these 3 Spider boys has me laughing.
OptimusCrime
OptimusCrime - 6/15/2023, 10:33 AM
Old news, i believe Tom also said it on the Blu-Ray extras
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 6/15/2023, 11:11 AM
I would love it if they set up a Garfield Spider-Man movie where he just destroys Kraven, Morbius, Venom, etc. Just a cathartic destruction of those villains while also giving Garfield a solo redemption.

People would absolutely go see it.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 6/15/2023, 11:15 AM
Andrew Garfield and Henry Cavill. Two super mediocre actors people put on some weird pedestal and it seems to be based solely on everyone feeling pitty over them failing in superhero roles.
UrbanTheEmcee
UrbanTheEmcee - 6/15/2023, 11:28 AM
@FinnishDude - I don't like it. That voice you use when it comes out of your ass.
GeneralChaos
GeneralChaos - 6/15/2023, 12:21 PM
@FinnishDude - Andrew Garfield was great in The Social Network and I loved Cavill in Mission Impossible. This is coming from someone who's not all gaga over their superhero roles.
TvloverSA
TvloverSA - 6/15/2023, 12:46 PM
@FinnishDude - Andrew Garfield is superb Actor, he was just in awful Spiderman movies he couldn't do anything about that and for me he and Emma Stone where the only redeeming parts of a very awful spider universe....and he proved it by being one of the best cameos in NWH ..Henry Cavill though the less said the better
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 6/15/2023, 11:43 AM
Garfield is great as Spider-Man, just wish his Parker was better. Hope he gets another solo project one day.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/15/2023, 12:48 PM
The 2nd Holland film was garbage.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/15/2023, 2:27 PM
@McMurdo - 3rd too, despite a phenomenal third act.

I saw Homecoming again recently and it's still pretty good. At the time I wouldn't have thought that would've been the best of the trilogy, but I have to say it's aging pretty well.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/15/2023, 3:28 PM
@ObserverIO - ya it's definitely the best of the 3 in my opinion. The 3rd film is all nostalgia porn.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/15/2023, 11:15 PM
@McMurdo -

Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 6/15/2023, 5:26 PM
It's not like you planned to sabotage him.

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