There was an interview I gave where I said, ‘Why can’t Peter explore his bisexuality in his next film? Why can’t MJ be a guy?’ I was then put under a lot of pressure to retract that and apologize for saying something that is a legitimate thing to think and feel. “I worked harder than I’ve ever worked on anything and I’m really proud of it,” Garfield said in 2019.
Leaked emails later alleged Garfield didn’t want to attend a gala linked to the release of the 2014 film, derisively claiming he just wanted “to be left alone.”Īs Garfield explained, though, he had some deeper issues with the production that couldn’t be glossed over with a fancy, red carpet event. He did not come back for a third film, and the feeling appeared to be mutual at the time. The actor appeared in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and the follow-up 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2, both distributed by Sony Pictures.
The 38-year-old actor and producer told The Independent back in 2019 that he felt pressured to apologize for questioning the iconic character’s potential bisexuality to sell tickets to homophobes. With the leaked news that former Spider-Man actors Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire will be joining the latest arthropodous superhero Tom Holland in the upcoming flick Spider-Man: No Way Home, Garfield’s past comments about his experiences starring in two previous movies have resurfaced.
