Andrew Garfield Would ‘for Sure’ Play Spider-Man Again... Under These Conditions (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man.Photo:Jaimie Trueblood/©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection; Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Jaimie Trueblood/©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection; Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Andrew Garfieldis open to donning the Spidey suit down the road.

The 41-year-old actor, who played the titular Marvel hero in 2012’sThe Amazing Spider-Manand the 2014 sequelThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, most recently appeared as the character in the 2021 hitSpider-Man: No Way Homealong withTobey MaguireandTom Holland, who also portrayed Spider-Man and his alter-ego, Peter Parker.

“I think what it would take is a great idea, a great concept. Something that is surprising and odd and fun, joyful. It has to be worthwhile," he says.

“I think we had such a great time on that last one that you want to just go, “Okay. Leave it. It was great. It worked. It was a risk and it really, really worked,’” he adds aboutSpider-Man: No Way Home.

Andrew Garfield in 2012’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man.'.Jaimie Trueblood/©Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection

Jaimie Trueblood/©Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection

In that film, Garfield’s Spider-Man appeared for the first time on screen sinceThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, which saw his beloved Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) fall to her death. InNo Way Home, Garfield’s Spider-Man saves MJ (Zendaya), the love interest of Holland’s Spider-Man, from a similar fate.

Andrew Garfield in 2023.Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Jon Kopaloff/Getty

“I’m so happy that they had the courage to do it. It’s such a great idea. I would never have had that foresight. So I’m really just proud and happy that I get to be a part of that. But if there’s something that can be concocted and thought up that feels additive to the canon of that character, then for sure,” continues Garfield.

Garfield recentlyexpressed a similar sentiment toEsquire, telling the magazine he’d be willing to return.

“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,” he said. “I love that character, and it brings joy. If part of what I bring is joy, then I’m joyful in return.”

In his latest film,We Live in Time, Garfield stars as a soon-to-be-divorced food marketing exec who falls for talented chef Almut (Florence Pugh). Their epic romance is upended when she’s diagnosed with cancer, calling their future into question.

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in ‘We Live in Time.'.A24

A24

Garfield and Pugh share an undeniable chemistry in the film, which director John Crowley saw early on. “They didn’t know each other, they’re quite different kinds of actors, but on day two of rehearsals, I began to see flashes of lightning in a bottle, as it were, and it began to get very exciting.”

We Live in Timeis in theaters now.

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source: people.com