Andrew Garfield Felt Terrible Power Over Kevin Feige in NWH Conversations
Andrew Garfield has joked that he felt like he held «terrible power» during Spider-Man: No Way Home negotiations with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Quickly after its release, Spider-Man: No Way Home became the biggest film of 2021. The film is the third standalone Spider-Man project in the MCU, and follows the titular web-slinger (Tom Holland) as he contends with characters from different Spider-Man universes who have entered his world after a botched spell from Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). No Way Home delighted both fans and critics with its nostalgic throwbacks, and broke numerous box office records before becoming a frontrunner for the 2022 Oscars Fan Favorite Film award.
Many of the characters who come from other Spider-Verses in No Way Home are villains, such as Alfred Molina's Doc Ock and Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin (from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy), and Jamie Foxx's Electro (from The Amazing Spider-Man series). However, perhaps the highlight of the multiverse character was the return of former Spider-Men, Garfield and Tobey Maguire. Both actors spent nearly six months leading up to No Way Home's release denying their involvement, and surprised audiences when their appearance amounted to much more than a brief cameo. In fact, Spider-Man: No Way Home's plot somewhat hinged on the two returning heroes.
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In a recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel pointed out to Garfield that it's possible that Spider-Man: No Way Home wouldn't have worked without him. Garfield agreed, laughing while stating that he felt «that kind of terrible power» when Feige and Sony producer Amy Pascal asked if he would do the project or not. The
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