SPOILERS AHEAD FOR “SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME”.
For months actor Andrew Garfield had to sit and repeatedly deny his involvement in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: No Way Home”. Now that the film has been out for a while and shattered records, he’s finally been able to discuss his involvement.
The actor not only steals the show in the new film but scores something of a redemption for the problematic “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” and the abrupt end to his run as the character.
Speaking with Variety, he says that sense of closure was one of the big draws that got him onboard:
“I am so grateful. I’m just really, really grateful that I got to tie up some loose ends for the Peter that I was playing. I love that character and I’m grateful that I got to work with these incredible actors, this incredible director, and Marvel in conjunction with Sony.
It was joyful, and a feeling of closure for me. There was so many unanswered questions for my Peter, where we left it. I got to step back in and get some healing for him. And also really supporting [Tom Holland’s] Peter, and honoring his character completing that trilogy, not distracting or detracting from it.”
The fan reception to his involvement has been so good that there’s the obvious question of whether he’d ever be interested in returning to the role in some form. Turns out he’s up for it if offered:
“I mean, yes, definitely open to something if it felt right. 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.”
The actor also confirmed he improvised the line in which he tells Holland and Maguire’s versions that he loves them and says: “That was just me loving them.”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” is in cinemas everywhere now and yesterday reached $666.5 million domestically, passing “Titanic” to become the sixth-highest grossing movie at the domestic box office of all time.
