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Spider-Man: No Way Homestar Andrew Garfield detailed some interesting ideas about his time working on and starring in the movie, and how these experiences affected his performance alongside current franchise leading man Tom Holland.
Tom Holland’sSpider-Mantrilogy launched withHomecomingin 2017. The trilogy served as an origin story for the MCU’s Peter Parker, which concluded withNo Way Home. The third film features pastSpider-Man actors Tobey McGuire and Andrew Garfieldand the most iconic villains from their respective iterations, with a resultant wave of fan attraction catapulting the film to an almost $2 billion worldwide box office.
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While some originallywanted McGuire inSpider-Man: No Way Homewithout Garfield, the second Spider-Man in the triumvirate ended up being the film’s highlight of the film, with even the harshest critics praising his performance. Now, Garfield has opened up about his feelings and experience filming the movie and admitted he intentionally played Peter Parker as “messy and free and playful and silly.” Garfield had much to say in the officialThe Art of Spider-Man: No Way Homeartbook, expressing his excitement at working with the other two and how it got him thinking, ”What can we explore about these three brothers who are separated through time and space?"
Garfield also discussed how closely linked Peter Parker was to the idea of a lone crusader from the get-go and how the plot ofNo Way Homeplayed off on that. “It was just suddenly mind-boggling and incredibly healing and beautiful to think, ‘What if you discovered you weren’t in fact alone and that someone was going through the exact same struggle that you felt like you were uniquely going through?” Garfield mused. “That feeling like you’re not alone in the universe is quite a powerful thing.” It was a fundamental part of the film’s dynamic that appealed to everyone who saw the film and is part of whyNo Way HomemadeSpider-Manthe MCU’s best trilogy.
There’s no doubt that Garfield, Maguire, and Hollandformed a brotherhood onSpider-Man: No Way Home,both on-screen and off. Speaking on how this gave rise to his memorable and genuinely delightful performance, Garfield admitted,“I felt like the pressure was off, and I was given a lot of freedom to explore and be the irreverent version of the character that I always felt a connection to — to be messy and free and playful and silly. It just felt like a very free, healing experience.”
While the film’s success was phenomenal andeffectively proved that Marvel fatigue is a mythin the eyes of many observers,Spider-Man: No Way Homewas lightning in a bottle that won’t strike twice. While the MCU is gearing up for anotherSpider-Mantrilogy, the perfect storm of more than 2 decades of fan love, creative inspiration, and an organically formed chemistry between three well-loved actors won’t be waiting for the filmmakers working on the project. In many ways,No Way Homemarks a success that Marvel Studios will never recover from.
Spider-Man: No Way Homeis available for streaming on Starz in the US.
