Andrew Garfield wants it to be very clear to comic book movie fans that neither he nor Tobey McGuire will be reprising their iterations of Spider-Man in Marvel’s next tentpole, “Avengers: Doomsday.” Of course, fans will likely not trust anything Garfield says on the matter after he lied repeatedly to the press about not starring in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
While participating in a new GQ video interview, a fan comment asked Garfield: “Will Tobey and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men be in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ as well?” The Oscar nominee answered bluntly: “No, unequivocally fucking no.”
Garfield spent all of 2021 denying he’d be back as the web-slinger in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Then he popped up opposite Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire’s iterations of Spider-Man, which powered “No Way Home” to $1.9 billion at the worldwide box office.
The actor debuted as Peter Parker in 2012’s “The Amazing Spider-Man,” but his tenure as the superhero was cut short when 2014’s “Amazing Spider-Man 2” underperformed at the box office. The actor told Esquire magazine last year that he was “left dangling” when his Spider-Man role came to such an abrupt end. Returning for “No Way Home” was a homecoming of sorts.
“I thought Tobey is not going to want to do that. He’ll act every 10 years much to my chagrin, and I’ve shared that to him,” Garfield admitted about his “No Way Home” doubts. “When I heard that he was kind of leaning in I thought it was either going to be the greatest thing in the world or the worst thing in the world. I am so grateful because it was the most joyful thing ever. All the pressure was on Tom.”
Garfield added to Esquire at the time that “I would 100% come back [as Spider-Man]” after his “No Way Home” appearance “if it was the right thing, if it’s additive to the culture, if there’s a great concept or something that hasn’t been done before that’s unique and odd and exciting and that you can sink your teeth into. I love that character, and it brings joy. If part of what I bring is joy, then I’m joyful in return.”
Holland is currently in production on “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” Rumors have already circulated that Garfield would pop up as Spider-Man in that movie, to which Garfield said earlier this year: “I’m gonna disappoint you. Yeah, no. But I know no one’s gonna trust anything I say from now on.”
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Watch Garfield’s GQ video interview in the post below.
From Variety US