{"id":834438,"date":"2026-07-30T23:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834438\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:15:11","slug":"how-andrew-garfield-feels-about-successor-tom-hollands-spider-man-portrayal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834438\/","title":{"rendered":"How Andrew Garfield feels about successor Tom Holland\u2019s Spider-Man portrayal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Garfield has nothing but praise for his \u201cSpider-Man\u201d successor, Tom Holland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Tom is an incredible actor playing that character, and I love him and support him, and just want the best for him,\u201d Garfield exclusively told Page Six at the screening of his new film the \u201cMagic Faraway Tree\u201d in New York City on July 30.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI love Tom. I love Spider-Man; I always have loved Spider-Man since I was 3 years old.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Andrew Garfield (seen above at the \u201cMagic Faraway Tree\u201d screening in New York City) shared that he loves Tom Holland\u2019s portrayal of Peter Parker. Page Six<\/p>\n<p>The former Spider-Man actor expressed his enthusiasm for Holland\u2019s upcoming movie, saying, \u201cI\u2019m very, very excited to see the film.\u201d Page Six<\/p>\n<p>He shared that Holland (seen above in \u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming\u201d in 2017) is \u201can incredible actor playing that character.\u201d Chuck Zlotnick<\/p>\n<p> The \u201cWe Live in Time\u201d actor, 42, revealed that he was looking forward to watching Holland\u2019s portrayal of Peter Parker in \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d which premieres on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very, very excited to see the film,\u201d Garfield added, expressing his enthusiasm about the Marvel franchise. <\/p>\n<p>Garfield \u2014 who played the web-slinging superhero in 2012\u2019s \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man\u201d and the 2014 sequel \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man 2\u201d \u2014 was the second actor to take on the role for Sony.<\/p>\n<p>He followed Tobey Maguire, who played the character for the studio between 2002 and 2007 in the original \u201cSpider-Man\u201d film trilogy. <\/p>\n<p>Garfield and his film co-star Claire Foy at the New York City premiere.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Garfield in 2012\u2019s \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man.\u201d \u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Maguire and Garfield notably appeared alongside Holland in Marvel Studios\u2019 \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d surprising fans as they reprised their roles as the superhero in the multiverse-focused film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an amazing experience,\u201d Holland previously dished about filming with Garfield and Maguire during a 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_5CTg5asoC0&amp;t=85s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked about his reaction to the news that he would be returning as Spider-Man in the 2021 Marvel film, Garfield shared in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@esquire\/video\/7421181125378215198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">interview with Esquire<\/a> that it was \u201chonestly the most joyful thing ever.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Maguire and Garfield (seen above with Holland in \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d) had large roles as their own Spider-Men in Marvel Studio\u2019s 2021 film, \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home.\u201d Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d starring Tom Holland (seen above with Florence Pugh, his wife Zendaya, and Marisa Tomei) hits theaters on Friday.\u00a0 Getty Images for Sony Pictures<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is gonna be the greatest thing in the world,\u201d the \u201cTick, Tick\u2026 Boom!\u201d star laughed while joking that \u201call the pressure was on Tom,\u201d while he and Maguire were free to relax during filming.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel Studios\u2019 fourth Spider-Man film starring Holland swings into theaters on July 31.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMagic Faraway Tree\u201d \u2014 which also stars Claire Foy \u2014 premieres on August 21. The film focuses on the fixation of technology, as the tree transports the family to a magical land away from modern-day distractions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m as addicted as anybody to my devices, and I do everything I can to try and mitigate it,\u201d Garfield told Page Six on the red carpet. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard because they are addictive by nature. They\u2019ve created a dependency, and it\u2019s tough. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the last big commodity on the planet right now is time space, and quiet, and I think that\u2019s going to become more and more valuable as time goes on now because our attention\u2019s been captured and stolen by these things all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Garfield has nothing but praise for his \u201cSpider-Man\u201d successor, Tom Holland. \u201cI think Tom is an incredible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[75522,64,63,447,1581,134,5607,6860,344,35258,89741,34362],"class_list":["post-834438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-andrew-garfield","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-marvel","tag-movies","tag-spider-man","tag-tobey-maguire","tag-tom-holland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}