Andrew Garfield Says He “Would 100% Come Back” To ‘Spider-Man’: “I Love That Character & It Brings Joy”

Andrew Garfield is game to reprise his Spider-Man role in a future Marvel film.

The actor first played the superhero in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and returned for its 2014 sequel. However, after the second film’s results, Sony didn’t proceed with a third installment and told Esquire that he was “left dangling.”

“It was really healing for me,” Garfield told the magazine of The Amazing Spider-Man 3 ultimately getting shelved.

Regarding suiting up again, Garfield says that he would be down to do it if there was a great story.

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

Garfield got the opportunity to play Spider-Man for the third time in Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021. The actor reprised his role alongside Tobey Maguire, who starred in the Spider-Man film trilogy in the 00s, and Tom Holland, who took over after Garfield.

When Spider-Man: No Way Home was released, Garfield snuck into the theaters with Maguire to capture audience reactions.

“I still can’t believe it happened,” Garfield said in an interview with ET. “I snuck into a theater on opening night and just watched with my baseball cap on and my mask.”

He continued, “I was also with Tobey, me and Tobey snuck into a theater together and no one knew we were there. It was just a really beautiful thing to share together. And to find a brotherhood with Tobey as well, and with Tom [Holland], and the fact that we do share a very unique experience.”