Andrew Garfield is open to returning as Spider-Man

Andrew Garfield is willing to return to the role of Spider-Man under certain conditions.

In one esquire Cover story published on Wednesday, the We live in time The star reflected on his surprise appearance in the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home alongside the original Spider-Man Tobey Maguire and the current Spider-Man Tom Holland, where he reprized his role as Peter Parker.

After The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was shelved by Sony after seemingly poor results for the second film starring Garfield and Emma Stone, the actor's role in the franchise remained “pending.” But when he was asked to return as a superhero Spider-Man: No Way Homewhich explores the multiverse in which Garfield was, and found the experience “really healing”, especially given the severe tests he faced for his tenure after being cast as Spider-Man.

On whether he would return as Peter Parker, Garfield explained: “I would definitely 100 percent come back if it was the right thing, if it added to the culture, if there was a great concept or something that hasn't been done yet “Before that, it’s unique, strange and exciting and you can get into it.”

The Oscar nominee praised the web-slinging superhero as someone he loves deeply: “I love this character and he's a joy. If part of what I bring is joy, then I’m happy about that too.”

Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed nearly $2 billion after its release in December 2021. Although it is not known whether there will be a fourth part, Holland announced in June 2023 The Hollywood Reporter that he and the producers recently held a series of meetings about a possible fourth film. “The first few meetings were about, 'Why should we do this again?' And I think we found the reason why,” Holland said.

THR It was also exclusively reported that Destin Daniel Cretton is in talks to direct Spider Man 4what Holland will come back for. Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers will write the script, while Marvel boss Kevin Feige and former Sony boss Amy Pascal will produce.

Garfield's comments come amid the upcoming release of his new film with Florence Pugh. We live in time. The role marks the actor's return to the big screen in a leading role in two years.

“I think I'm looking forward to working in a different way again. I feel looser, I feel less valuable. I feel happier. I feel more conscious. “I feel sufficiently established as a person in the world, as an actor within myself and in the world,” Garfield said THR. “I know myself well enough now to feel more joy… I'm still a shaker of the head – when I'm on set I'm like a dog with a bone, taken over by a strange spirit that's never satisfied – but that will be never change, and I don’t want to, but I feel a lot more pleasure in it and a lot more pleasure and play and freedom.”