After months of keeping quiet Andrew Garfield is finally opening up about his adventures playing Spider-Man. Garfield was dropped from the role when Tom Holland was cast as Spider-Man but Garfield is open about expressing how important the role was to him.
Zakis Corner recently spoke to Andrew Garfield and he had some pretty interesting things to say when asked what he learned from playing Spider-Man
“Well, nothing, because I was never Spider-Man. Because Spider-Man’s a fictional character. He’s not real. [laughs] You know what’s funny, to give you the vulnerable answer, I thought I was going to be Spider-Man, you know? I went into it going…ego s**t came in. It’s like, “Okay, here it is. I’m f***ing Spider-Man. I f***ing made it.” All that s**t. [laughs] I didn’t actually make it. I was never Spider-Man.
I was the actor that I am. The person that I am. Struggling with trying to match up with something that I’d elevated so high in my mind. Elevated beyond what I could attain, what I could achieve. The great thing is, that’s what Peter Parker was doing as well. Peter Parker created this symbol that he couldn’t live up to. It was never enough. He never felt enough, and I never felt enough.”
It’s sweet that Spider-Man is now in the MCU, but bittersweet that Andrew Garfield didn’t get the chance to come with him. We all know that deep down inside we were dying to see some banter between him and Robert Downey Jr. in costume.
