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Andrew Garfield thought ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ was a stupid idea at first

Andrew Garfield admits that he thought 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' was a stupid idea when he first heard it.

Tom Holland famously teased Spider-Man: No Way Home as the single most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever made in the buildup to release, but one of his most notable co-stars had a completely different opinion when he first heard the pitch.

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Having spent the better part of two years denying he was in the comic book blockbuster at all, Andrew Garfield is clearly having a blast diving deep into his participation in No Way Home, which is perfectly understandable when he’d been batting away questions for so long.

The two-time Academy Award nominee holds a special place in his heart for both the character of Spider-Man and the other two actors to have played the role, but he admitted during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show that it sounded like a risky, and potentially even stupid idea when he first heard it.

“It was a stupid idea… A really scary thing to attempt, especially just the costume. 38 year-old man in spandex.”

It goes without saying that nobody called Garfield’s return stupid, and if anything, more people want to see this particular 38 year-old man in spandex than ever before. Calls for Sony to revive The Amazing Spider-Man 3 haven’t dissipated in the slightest since No Way Home hit theaters two months ago, and Marc Webb’s Peter Parker has additionally stated that he’d open to a more permanent comeback under the right circumstances.


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