| Peter Parker | |
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| Marc Webb'sThe Amazing Spider-ManandMarvel Cinematic Universe character | |
 Promotional image ofAndrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man as depicted inThe Amazing Spider-Man (2012) | |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
| Last appearance | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)[1] |
| Based on | |
| Adapted by | |
| Portrayed by | Andrew Garfield Max Charles (young) |
| Voiced by | |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Spider-Man |
| Nicknames | Peter-Three |
| Species | Human mutate |
| Occupation |
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| Weapon | Web shooters |
| Family |
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| Significantother | Gwen Stacy |
| Nationality | American |
Peter Benjamin Parker, also known by his aliasSpider-Man, is afictionalcharacter and theprotagonist ofMarc Webb'sThe Amazing Spider-Man film series. Adapted from theMarvel Comicssuperhero of the same name, he is portrayed byAndrew Garfield and appears in the filmsThe Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel,The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as being asupporting character in theMarvel Studios filmSpider-Man: No Way Home (2021), set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as an older version of himself alongside two alternate versions of himself from the widermultiverse.
Garfield's version of the character is a successor to the version ofPeter Parker portrayed byTobey Maguire inSam Raimi'sSpider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and a predecessor to the version ofPeter Parker portrayed byTom Holland in the MCU (2016–present), who both appeared as their versions of Spider-Man alongside Garfield inNo Way Home. To distinguish him from the other two Spider-Men, he is nicknamed "Peter-Three" by his counterparts in the film, and is referred to by Marvel's official website asThe Amazing Spider-Man,[2] and byChris McKenna andErik Sommers in the screenplay as "Webb-verse Peter" and "Webb-verse Spider-Man".[3]
Garfield's iteration of the character had some differences in personality from theSpider-Man of theprevious film series, being more of an angst-ridden loner haunted by his actions. The narrative of the duology centers around Parker struggling to maintain his double-life as Spider-Man and relationship with fellow studentGwen Stacy, whose death at the hands of his former friendHarry Osborn he believes himself responsible for. The narrative also focuses on Parker seeking to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his parents Richard and Mary, who left him in the care of his aunt and uncle as a child, alongside the nature of his father's work at Oscorp. InNo Way Home this portrayal was abandoned in order to depict Parker as a tortured individual who learns to let go of the emotional pain of Gwen's death and forgive himself after meeting two other versions of himself.
Garfield's portrayal of Parker received very positive responses and is commonly seen as a highlight ofThe Amazing Spider-Man series. His chemistry withEmma Stone has also been widely praised. Since Garfield's appearance inSpider-Man: No Way Home, fans have launched a campaign for the cancelledThe Amazing Spider-Man 3 to be made.
Peter Parker, also known asSpider-Man,first appeared in the anthology comic bookAmazing Fantasy No. 15 (Aug. 1962) in theSilver Age of Comic Books, later becoming one ofMarvel Comics' most popular superheroes and gaining his own comic series, titledThe Amazing Spider-Man. He was eventually adapted to film and television numerous times. Prior to the release of the2012Amazing Spider-Man film, the precedingbig-budget film series based on the character sawTobey Maguire take on the role ofPeter Parker / Spider-Man, with three films released byColumbia Pictures:Spider-Man,Spider-Man 2, andSpider-Man 3, which were released between 2002 and 2007.
Following the release ofSpider-Man 3,Sony Pictures Entertainment had announced a May 5, 2011, release date forSam Raimi's next film in the series. By this time, screenwritersJames Vanderbilt,David Lindsay-Abaire, andGary Ross had all written rejected versions of a script and Ziskin's husbandAlvin Sargent, who wrote the second and third films, was working on yet another attempt.[4][5] However, on January 11, 2010, Columbia Pictures andMarvel Studios announced that rather than continue the earlier saga, they were rebooting the series with a new cast and crew. Industry reports claimed that Raimi had admitted that he could not meet the scheduled release date and retain creative integrity.[6]Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Ziskin continued as producers.[6]
The week after Raimi's departure, the studio announced thatMarc Webb, whose previous film500 Days of Summer was his directorial debut, would direct the reboot.[7] Tolmach, having been made president of Columbia Pictures andAmy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said they were looking for a director who could give "sharp focus" to Parker's civilian life.[7] Despite initially being hesitant due to the cultural impact of the previous films, Webb accepted the offer.[8] Webb stated in a press release that he did not intend to replace Raimi, instead saying that he sought to take the opportunity to add "...ideas, stories, and histories that will add a new dimension, canvas, and creative voice to Spider-Man".[7] Webb compared Spider-Man to theJames Bond franchise, saying that there was "...so much material in Spider-Man that there are so many stories to tell and so many characters".[9] He denied that the film was aremake, explaining that they were envisioned as being a "different universe and a different story with different characters".[10]
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British-American actorAndrew Garfield was cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man for the 2012 film and its sequel, with his casting being officially made on July 1, 2010. Other actors considered for the role wereJamie Bell,Alden Ehrenreich,Frank Dillane, andJosh Hutcherson.[11] Webb stated he knew Garfield was the right choice after filming him in a cutscene eating a cheeseburger while trying to calmGwen Stacy down.[12] On accepting the role Garfield explained, "I see it as a massive challenge in many ways ... To make it authentic. To make the character live and breathe in a new way. The audience already has a relationship with many different incarnations of the character. I do, as well. I'm probably going to be the guy in the movie theater shouting abuse at myself. But I have to let that go. No turning back. And I wouldn't want to."[13]Max Charles plays a young Peter Parker in the film, with Webb stating that a young Peter was needed to "explain the origins of Peter Parker" and not just Spider-Man.[14]After taking the role, Garfield studied the movements of athletes and spiders, and tried to incorporate them, saying Parker is "a boy/spider in terms of how he moves, and not just in the suit".[15][16] He didyoga andPilates for the role to be as flexible as possible.[17] When first wearing his costume, Garfield admitted to shedding tears and trying to imagine "a better actor in the suit",[18] which he described as "uncomfortable" and admitted to wearing nothing beneath it since it is skintight.[19] Garfield also performed some of his own stunts in the film.[20] When filming Garfield explained that he had four months of training and described his physical roles on stunts as terribly challenging and exhausting.[21] Film producerAvi Arad explained that "Andrew is not only a brilliant actor but he is a sportsman. This gave us the opportunity to try things with him that were it not so it would have been almost impossible."[22]
Following the release ofThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, Garfield was allegedly let go of the role after failing to appear for a crucial appearance, according to documents released in the aftermath of the 2014Sony Pictures hack. Other reasons cited included creative differences with Sony Pictures management and a failure to adapt to Hollywood culture.[23] In addition, the second film saw mixed reviews and a franchise-low in box-office revenue. After leaked information from the hack also indicated Sony to be in talks to haveSam Raimi directSpider-Man vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, amultiversalcrossover film featuring Garfield's Spider-Man encounterTobey Maguire's Spider-Man, as well as a new trilogy starring Maguire;[24][25] and to also be in talks withMarvel Studios about integrating arebooted version of Spider-Man into theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning withCaptain America: Civil War (2016), a deal was reached in early 2015 between the two studios to make the latter official, effectively cancellingThe Amazing Spider-Man franchise.[26]
Despite the reboot of the Spider-Man film series, Garfield reprised his role inSpider-Man: No Way Home (2021), a film set in the MCU, appearing alongside Maguire's iteration of the character as asupporting character to thenew MCU iteration of Spider-Man played byTom Holland.[27] It had been reported in 2020 that Garfield would reprise his role as his version of Peter Parker alongside the other cinematic iterations of the character in the third MCU Spider-Man film,[28] but these reports were never confirmed bySony orMarvel Studios and were publicly denied by both Holland and Garfield several times in order to keep their involvement in the film a secret.[29][30] In an interview withVariety that was published on January 6, 2022, Garfield said that his experience working onSpider-Man: No Way Home was "joyful", and that it gave him closure with his version of the character.[31] Tom Holland described the inclusion of his Spider-Man predecessors Garfield and Tobey Maguire inSpider-Man: No Way Home 'was an idea that seemed impossible' before it came to fruition.[32] Holland has also stated he regretted not contacting Garfield after he initially succeeded him in the role and felt lucky thatSpider-Man: No Way Home had given both actors a second chance to discuss the Spider-Man character.[33]
Like all other versions of the character, this iteration of Parker has superhuman physical abilities, reflexes, and senses, and is able to crawl on walls. Unlikethe Spider-Man of the previous series, this iteration of the character is unable to shoot organic webs from his arms, relying on self-designed mechanical web shooters attached to his suit. Webb explained that he felt that the web-shooters were "able to dramatize Peter's intellect".[34]
During the design process for thespandex Spider-Man suit used inThe Amazing Spider-Man, Webb put an emphasis on making the suit look as if it was made by a high-school student. This was shown through decisions such as making the lenses for the eyes from a pair ofsunglasses. Webb explained that he and the crew wanted a design that would make the body look more acrobatic, with the "legs of the spider [symbol on the chest]" used to emphasize it. Webb revealed that the film used varying suits for different lighting conditions. The webbing on the costume was also made darker.[34]
The suit was more streamlined inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, emphasizing updates supposedly made by Peter and Gwen in between the two films. Changes included larger lenses in the mask and modified web shooters, in addition to some modifications allowing Garfield to use the restroom while in the suit.[35][36]
As portrayed inThe Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel, Peter is described as an "arrogant, misunderstood outsider", as well as "whip-smart and likably cheeky, with an undercurrent of teenage angst," compared to Tobey Maguire's "earnest" and "dorky" rendition of the character.[37][38] He is portrayed as intellectually gifted, technologically proficient and street smart, able to hack into computer systems and design his own web shooters after stealing canisters of genetically-engineeredspider web fromOscorp and recall a complex equation his father had worked on. He also has a snarky, sarcastic and witty sense of humor and messes around and humiliates criminals with mocking insults and deadpan one-liners, toying with a car thief on his first official night as a vigilante. When he is not goofing around with criminals and super-villains, he is determined and courageous and despite some initial hesitation and after rethinking the purpose of his vigilante alter-ego, decides to use his superpowers for legitimately altruistic purposes and to help others in need; for example, when confronted with the choice, he chooses to protect the innocent by rescuing a man's son, Jack, rather than chase down The Lizard. Unlike other versions of the character, Peter is seenskateboarding in the film, which Marc Webb says makes Peter less terrified of swinging from webs.[39][40]
Webb describedThe Amazing Spider-Man as "a story about a kid who grows up looking for his father and finds himself."[14] Both Webb and star Garfield described Parker as an outsider by choice, someone hard to get close to.[14][41] As in the early comic books, the character "is a science whiz. If you look back to the early Stan Lee and Steve Ditko comics, he's anerd with big glasses," said Webb. He explained "the idea of what a nerd is has changed in 40 or 50 years. Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [calledThe Social Network] about it. ... What was important in those early comics was this notion that Peter Parker is an outsider and how we define that in a contemporary context."[42]
Garfield compared his Spider-Man façade as a metaphor forinternet anonymity, saying, "You feel the power of it, the power of not being seen, the power of the mask. Peter becomes witty when he's got that protective layer. It's like he's on a message board. He's got the anonymity of the Internet within that suit, and he can say whatever the hell he likes, and he can get away with anything."[43] Garfield tried to explore Parker as anorphan, whom he feels "are the strongest human beings on the planet."[44] He said Parker is "a human hero [who] goes through all of the same struggles that we all have gone through, especially the skinny ones [who] want more power than they feel they have." He believes Parker represents "a very inspiring, aspirational character that symbolizes goodness—and how difficult it is to be good—but how worth it it is."[16]
Rhys Ifans, who portraysDr. Curt Connors/The Lizard inThe Amazing Spider-Man, compared the film toWilliam Shakespeare'sHamlet on the grounds that Spider-Man can be redone over and over in different ways. He felt that they are similar in that they both represent meaningful archetypal young men grappling with the loss of their father.[45] Critics like Claudia Puig ofUSA Today felt that Garfield's character as the superhero "embodies the nerdy Parker, the anguished fatherless teen and the cocky super-hero in equal doses".[37] Boyd Hoij ofVariety noted that Garfield's character as Spider-Man makes an interesting hero in the film because of how it establishes early on that Peter's growing pains along with his search for an identity are common to any teenager and that "his struggles involve real people—and real lives."[46]
Peter Parker was born toRichard and Mary Parker in August, 1995. In 2001, Richard drops him off at hisUncle Ben andAunt May's house after discovering that his documents were ransacked. Richard tells his son that he and his mother will be back after going on a mission. Peter's parents were later reported to have died due to a plane crash leaving him orphaned at the age of seven. Peter was raised by his aunt and uncle and was childhood best friends withHarry Osborn.
At the age of eleven, Peter was told by Harry that his father,Norman (who is the head ofOscorp) had decided to send him to a boarding school. The two said their goodbyes, and from that time Peter spent his childhood friendless.
Years later, Peter is now a high school student atMidtown Science High School in New York City. Though not one of the popular students, he excels in his studies while getting picked on by school athleteFlash Thompson. AfterGwen Stacy breaks up a fight between Peter and Flash in which Flash attacks Peter for defending another student he was picking on, Peter and Gwen begin to flirt with one another.
After discovering a briefcase containing his father's work, and with encouragement from Uncle Ben, Peter seeks out his father's co-worker,Dr. Curtis Connors. Peter immediately searches the Internet for information about Richard and Connors' work, which leads him to discover his parents' death in a plane crash. Peter sneaks into Oscorp, posing as one of the interns, and locates the one-armed Dr. Connors after bumping into Gwen, who is an actual intern there. Connors is being pressed by his superior, Dr. Ratha, to devise a cure for the dying Norman, and wants the cure for himself to regenerate his own arm. After Peter manages to sneak inside thebiocable lab, a moment of curiosity leads to him touching the webs, causing severalgenetically-modified spiders to fall on him, one of which bites him in the back. On the subway ride home, he discovers he has developed spider-like abilities, such as super-strength, sharp senses, reflexes, agility, and speed.
Peter later visits Connors at his home, revealing he is Richard's son and gives Connors his father's "decay rate algorithm," the missing piece in Connors' experiments on regenerating limbs. In school, Peter is put in detention after using his new abilities to humiliate Flash. His uncle changes work shifts to meet with the principal and ask Peter to walk Aunt May home for him that night. Peter forgets to do so, distracted while at Oscorp helping Connors regenerate the limb of a laboratory mouse with a new serum.
At home, he and Ben argue, and Peter leaves. At a nearby deli, a cashier refuses to let Peter buy milk when Peter is two cents short. When a thief suddenly raids the store, Peter allows him to escape. While searching for Peter, Ben attempts to stop the thief and is killed. The thief escapes as Peter finds Ben dead on the sidewalk.
Flash and Gwen console a grieving Peter at school the following day. Afterward, Peter uses his new abilities to track down criminals matching the killer's description, later resolving to create a mask to hide his identity during his exploits. He adds aspandex suit and builds mechanical web-shooters out of wristwatches to attach to his wrists to shoot a biocable "web". Later, at dinner with Gwen's family, he has a tense conversation with her father,NYPD captainGeorge Stacy, over the new masked vigilante's motives. After dinner, Peter reveals his identity to Gwen, and they kiss before he is alerted to a situation at theWilliamsburg Bridge. Changing into his suit, Peter saves numerous cars and their occupants from being tossed into the river byThe Lizard, who is actually Dr. Connors after he tests the serum on himself. Peter begins calling himself "Spider-Man" afterward, becoming influenced to help others with his powers.
Peter suspects Connors is the Lizard, and later unsuccessfully confronts Connors' Lizard form in the sewers, leaving behind his camera. Connors learns Peter's identity via the name on the camera and pursues him to Midtown Science High School where they fight. In response, the police start a manhunt for both Spider-Man and Lizard. Connors heads to Oscorp, intending to disperse his serum across the city and make everyone into lizards, while Gwen develops an antidote in Oscorp's lab. The police corner Spider-Man and Captain Stacy discover that he is Peter, but he lets him escape to go save Gwen. Realizing Spider-Man is on their side, the police and several crane operators then coordinate to help a wounded Spider-Man reach Oscorp Tower in time. Spider-Man manages to replace Connors' serum with the antidote, reverting Connors to human form, but not before Connors mortally wounds Captain Stacy. Before his death, Captain Stacy makes Peter promise to stay away from Gwen for her safety. He initially keeps the promise, but later admits to Gwen that failed promises are "the best kind", hinting that he will continue to see her.
In 2014, Peter is in action as Spider-Man, assisting the NYPD with chasing down criminals stealing a truckload ofplutonium while trying to make it to his high school graduation. He apprehends the criminals, led by mobsterAleksei Sytsevich, before making it to the ceremony, where Gwen is giving a speech as the school'svaledictorian. The couple agrees to meet up afterward for dinner before she is called by her mother for a family photo. Later in the evening, Peter tells Gwen about his visions of her father and insists that he needs to keep his promise, resulting in the two breaking up again.
Peter visitsHarry Osborn, his childhood friend, following his father Norman's death. Later that night, Peter meets Gwen in an attempt to maintain a friendship, and Gwen tells Peter that she may have to move to England if she gets a scholarship fromOxford University. Before the two can discuss it,Max Dillon, an electrical engineer whom Spider-Man saved earlier, accidentally shuts off the power toTimes Square whilst looking for electricity to power himself, as he had mutated into a livingelectric generator after an incident withelectric eels. Dillon is stopped by Spider-Man after a battle that also sees police involvement and is taken to theRavencroft Institute, where he is studied and tortured by German scientist Dr. Kafka.
Harry begins to show symptoms of his father's illness and uses the device Norman gave him to deduce that Spider-Man's blood could help save him. He asks Peter for help finding him but Peter refuses, unsure of what effects the transfusion would have, fearing another incident like with Dr. Connors. Parker visits Harry again, this time as Spider-Man, but again refuses. He confides in Gwen about the situation and also gives her luck. Peter uses information left behind by his father to locate a video message Richard left. In it, Richard explains that he had to leave New York because he refused to let Norman Osborn use what they had created with his research for biological warfare and that the spiders that ultimately bit Peter were created with Richard's DNA, thereby explaining why Peter is the only successful 'cross-species' to be created.
As a vengeful Harry begins to conspire with Dillon, who now calls himself "Electro", Peter receives a voicemail message from Gwen, telling him that she was offered the job in England and is heading to the airport to fly there earlier than expected. Peter manages to catch her and professes his love for her, and the two agree to go to England together. They are interrupted by a blackout caused by Electro. Peter takes Gwen down where the police are and Gwen helps him adjust his web-shooters to counter Electro. Peter heads off to fight with Electro having the upper hand. As Electro begins electrocuting Spider-Man, Gwen comes in a police car and hits Electro, against Peter's demands. The two defeat and kill Electro byoverloading his electricity supply, leading to him exploding into many pieces.
Just after they do so, Harry arrives, now as theGreen Goblin, having figured out Spider-Man's identity and wanting revenge for being refused the blood transfusion. Goblin takes Gwen and drops her where Spider-Man catches her. The two fight at the top of a clock tower, and Spider-Man manages to subdue the Goblin. However, during the fight, Gwen falls and is supported by a web-connected to one of the gears. Harry is then defeated but Gwen falls again, and Peter tries to save Gwen using his web. Though Peter successfully catches her, she dies nonetheless due towhiplash snapping her neck. Devastated by his failure to save his girlfriend, Peter ends his career as Spider-Man.
Five months pass and Spider-Man is nowhere to be seen in New York, as Peter spends every day at Gwen's grave. Later, an unknown team of men breaks Sytsevich out of prison. Equipped with an electromechanical suit of armor, Sytsevich dubs himself the "Rhino" and rampages through the streets. Peter, inspired by re-watching Gwen's graduation speech, resumes his role as Spider-Man and confronts him.
10 years after Gwen's death, Peter (dubbed "Peter-Three") is accidentally transported toEarth-616 due to a failed magic spell byDoctor Strange and that universe'sPeter Parker (dubbed "Peter-One") meant to restore Peter-One's secret identity after it was exposed byMysterio.[d] Unbeknownst to Peter, alternate versions of Connors and Dillon were also transported into this universe, alongside other villains from another universe.[e] While there, Peter findsanother alternate version of himself (dubbed "Peter-Two") from another alternate universe, who helps him console Peter-One after the death of his Aunt May at the hands of theGreen Goblin of Peter-Two's world. He reveals that after Gwen died, he became bitter and more brutal while becoming more of Spider-Man and less of Peter Parker, explaining to Peter-One that he doesn't want him to become like him.
Peter is happy to bond with his alternate selves as they create cures for the villains to save them from the deaths they would face in their own universes, coming to see Peter-One and Peter-Two as brothers. The three lure the villains to theStatue of Liberty, where they are cured one by one. Peter achieves a moment of spiritual redemption for Gwen's death by savingMJ, the girlfriend of Peter-One, when she falls off the scaffolding surrounding the statue, mirroring the events of Gwen's death. After defeating and curing all the villains and making amends with Dillon, Peter says goodbye to his alternate selves and is returned to his universe more at peace.[f]
Taking place in between the events of both films, Peter took on an assignment fromJ. Jonah Jameson ofThe Daily Bugle to take pictures of Spider-Man and maintained a friendship with Gwen after their initial breakup, redesigning his costume with her after his first one was damaged by a turbine.[47]
Though he does not appear, this version of Peter Parker is mentioned in the Marvel Comics storyline "Spider-Verse", which features many iterations of the character from multiple universes. He is mentioned as resembling "the guy fromThe Social Network", a film that Garfield had also starred in.[48]
Despite the polarizing reception of the films themselves, several critics and fans praised Garfield's humanly flawed portrayal of Peter Parker,[37][38] withRoger Ebert stating that the reboot "gave Peter better reasons to take up his superhero role, even if the origin story didn't need to be told once again."[54] In addition, Garfield's chemistry with co-starEmma Stone was also praised.[55][56] Mary F. Pols ofTime magazine said that even though the story was familiar, Garfield and Webb made it feel "convincingly fresh and exciting."[57]The Hollywood Reporter praised Garfield for his emotional performance inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, despite criticism of the film's convoluted plot.[58]
Writing in August 2020, Eric Eisenberg ofCinemaBlend considered Garfield's interpretation of Spider-Man as one of the highlights of bothThe Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel, and called this iteration of the character "underrated". He referred to the Marc Webb series as the "middle child" of Spider-Man movies compared to the Sam Raimi trilogy and Spider-Man's inclusion in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that Garfield was a "victim of circumstance". He also noted that the films displayed Peter Parker's technological prowess more in-depth than the preceding trilogy. However, he called Garfield's iteration "too cool" for Peter Parker, calling him a "rebel with a skateboard" as opposed to the nerd commonly associated with the character.[59]
In 2017, following the character's second reboot withTom Hollandtaking on the role in the MCU, Nick Philpott ofCBR ranked Garfield's iteration the second greatest portrayal of the character, two spots ahead of Tobey Maguire's and just behind Holland's.[60]
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer Movie Star: Male | Nominated | [61] |
| 2013 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Superhero | Nominated | [62] | |
| Favorite On-Screen Chemistry[g] | Nominated | ||||
| Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actor | Nominated | [63] | ||
| Favorite Male Buttkicker | Nominated | ||||
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | [64] |
| Choice Movie: Liplock[g] | Nominated | ||||
| 2015 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male Action Star | Nominated | [65] | |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actor in a Superhero Movie | Won | [66][67] |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Team[h] | Nominated | [68] |
Garfield's appearance inNo Way Home was met with a highly positive reception from both fans and critics. Subsequently, a fan campaign using thehashtag #MakeTASM3 began onTwitter advocating for Sony to produce a third film in theAmazing Spider-Man series, with Garfield reprising his role. Both the hashtag (with 86,000 tweets) and Garfield's name (302,000 tweets) trended on Twitter during the opening weekend ofNo Way Home.[69][70][71]
Some have suggested that theAmazing Spider-Man films be connected to and retconned intoSony's Spider-Man Universe, with the proposal that Garfield's Spider-Man battleTom Hardy'sVenom in a future film, based on a conversation inNo Way Home in which Garfield's Peter Parker complains that Maguire and Holland's versions of Parker got to fight aliens while he has not.[72] Garfield has stated that he would be open to reprising his role as Parker, especially alongside Holland and Maguire again.[31][73] Garfield also stated on The Happy Sad Confused Podcast that he would be interested in a Venom crossover,[74] whileTom Holland also expressed his support for a potentialThe Amazing Spider-Man 3, saying "I would love to see [it]".[75] Sony's official Twitter account has acknowledged the #MakeTASM3 hashtag, though the account stated that it is just a managed social platform and not actually a production company that decide which movies should be greenlit.[76]
If you're gonna do it and treat it real—if my DNA is being mixed with that of an actual spider, then why not actually bring in the physicality of a spider? The lightness, the stillness, the patience and how that changes a 17-year-old boy. That's a fun thing to play with, as well.
It's made of something that's designed to make you irritated. I don't know what the exact name is, but that's the description on the [label].
Peter is an outsider.Because that's what he has to do to protect himself. He was dropped once; he doesn't want to be dropped again. It's difficult to get close to him.
The plot description and characterization were adapted fromSpider-Man (Andrew Garfield) andThe Amazing Spider-Man at Spider-Man Films Wiki andSpider-Man at Amazing Spider-Man Wiki, which are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
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