Without a doubt, 2010 was a big year for Andrew Garfield.
However, dont try and get any straight answers from him about the role itself.
To make it authentic.
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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.
And I wouldn’t want to."
Hit the jump for more.
Marc Webb’s 3DSpider-Manreboot is due out July 3, 2012.
What is clear in the interview is that Garfield is whip-smart and is an excellent choice for the role.
The articleby Jeff Gordinier is a fascinating snap shot of Garfield right before shooting began on the reboot.
Rumors swirled that Sony would announce the role of Spider-Man that week.
Andrew assumed my silence meant that he didn’t get it," Pascal recalls.
“I practically broke into tears.
This poor kidwho is Spider-Manwas going to be in for a terrible 24 hours.
Garfield was feeling exactly that.
I felt disappointed, he says.
It was one of the most awkward fucking things ever.”
The next afternoon, Garfield was called into Pascals suite.
Marc Webb opened the door, with producers and champagne ready to go.
Hed landed the part, but suddenly felt an inner struggle.
Stuff that I would like to not have any part of.
I mean visibility and being recognized walking down the street.
I’m holding out a naive and ignorant hope that it won’t happen."
That wont happen, yet Garfields inner child yearned for the chance to play Spider-Man.
He grew up loving this character and dove in.
However, dont ask him to watch the finished product.
It just upsets me.
I’ve stopped reading reviews, as well.
If one is negative, you hold on to that.
It was killing me.
It was holding me back from being creative and being free."
However, nothing was more freeing than his outbursts of rage inThe Social NetworkandNever Let Me Go.
He then erupts into a furious torrent of disdain.
“That day and night of shooting was one of my favorite experiences, Garfield reveals.
I was actually proud of myself because I didn’t care what I was doing.
I was literally not judging myself.
And it was so fucking beautiful for a second.
I’ve gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.
That was probably one of the first times where I didn’t care for a second.
And it was liberating.
I felt more like a man than I’ve ever felt.”
“It had a profound effect on the crew,” says director Mark Romanek.
“After we shot that scene, we packed up in dead silence.
For Andrew it was a complete and utter catharsisthere was no restraint or thought.
He translates all that cerebral stuff into something visceral.”
