Andrew Garfield Is Willing to Reprise His Role as Spider-Man | Entertainment

Andrew Garfield is open to returning to the function of Spider-Man below just a few circumstances.

In an Esquire cowl story revealed Wednesday, the We Live in Time star mirrored on his shock look within the 2021 movie Spider-Man: No Way Home alongside unique Spider-Man Tobey Maguire and present Spider-Man Tom Holland the place he reprised his function as Peter Parker.

After The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was shelved by Sony following seemingly lackluster outcomes for the second movie starring Garfield and Emma Stone, the actor’s function within the franchise was “left dangling.” But when requested to return as the superhero in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which explores the multiverse, Garfield was in and located the expertise “really healing” particularly given the scrutiny he confronted following his casting as Spider-Man for his tenure.

As for whether or not he would return as Peter Parker, Garfield defined, “For sure, I would 100 percent come back 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.”

The Oscar nominee praised the web-slinging superhero as one he has a deep love for: “I love that character, and it brings joy. If part of what I bring is joy, then I’m joyful in return.”

Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed nearly $2 billion after it was launched in December 2021. Despite it being unknown whether or not there can be a fourth installment, in June 2023 Holland informed The Hollywood Reporter that he and the producers had lately undergone a sequence of conferences on a possible fourth movie. “The first few meetings were about, ‘Why would we do this again?’ And I think we found the reason why,” Holland mentioned.

THR additionally completely reported that Destin Daniel Cretton is in talks to signal on to direct Spider-Man 4, which Holland will return for. Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers will pen the script whereas Marvel head Kevin Feige and former Sony head Amy Pascal will produce.

Garfield’s feedback come amid the upcoming launch of his new movie with Florence Pugh, We Live in Time. The function marks the actor’s return to the massive display screen in a number one function in two years.

“I think I’m excited to work again in a different way. I feel looser, I feel less precious. I feel more joyful. I feel more aware. I feel established enough as a person in the world, as an actor within myself and within the world,” Garfield informed THR. “I know myself well enough now to feel more enjoyment… I’m still a headcase — when I’m on a set, I’m like a dog with a bone and get taken over by some weird spirit that is never satisfied — but that’s never going to change, and I don’t want it to, but within that, I can feel a lot more pleasure and a lot more enjoyment, play and freedom.”