Andrew Garfield doesn’t mind if fans prefer another actor’s portrayal of Spider-Man over his.
Garfield, 40, opened up about playing the Marvel character during an interview on Thursday, December 7 Variety. “I’ve loved Spider-Man since I was three years old,” he said, noting that he dressed up as a superhero for Halloween as a toddler. “If you love me [as Spider-Man]Okay, and if you don’t love me, it’s your loss.
Together with Garfield, Tom Holland And Toby Maguire have taken on the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man over the years. Elsewhere in the interview, Garfield reflected on joining Holland, 27, and Maguire, 48, in 2021. Spider-Man: No way home.
“I think until all three of us were in the room rehearsing and figuring out what we were going to do, there was no way to write it,” he said, adding, “Each of us had our own version of that character. and we didn’t know how they would interact until they actually interacted in the room together.
Garfield joked that the atmosphere on set was like “making a low-budget short film with friends,” even though “it was the biggest movie in movie history.”
To prepare for donning his Spider-Man suit again, he ate “soup and berries” and trained “in Parkour and yoga.” Garfield also noted, “I helped with the script. I have to feed that child out there watching.”
For Spider-Man: No way home premiered, Garfield and Maguire continually denied being involved in any way.
“It was stressful, I’m not going to lie,” Garfield said DeWrap in January 2022. “It was quite stressful, but also strange.”
He continued, “I don’t like lying and I’m not a good liar, but I kept thinking of it as a game… I just wish the actor would do an incredible job convincing me he wasn’t in it. And then I would want to go crazy in the theater if my instincts turned out to be right.
Maguire initially portrayed the superhero in three films from 2002 to 2007, before Garfield took over for two. Awesome Spider-Man films in 2012 and 2014. Holland has been playing the character since 2016, and while fans have strong opinions about which Spider-Man reigns supreme, the actors have all formed a close bond.
In June, Holland revealed that he has an “amazing group chat” with Garfield and Maguire called “The Spider-Man Boys,” per The Hollywood Reporter.
He continued: “Myself, Andrew, Tobey – we have an amazing bond as three people who have experienced something so unique that we really are like brothers.”