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Andrew Garfield might be ready to swing back into the Spider-Verse — but only if things get seriously strange.
At the Middle East Film & Comic Con, the Amazing Spider-Man star made it clear he’s not interested in suiting up again just for another round of blockbuster brawls or multiversal mayhem. No, if he’s coming back, it has to be weird. Like, really weird.
“It would have to be very weird,” Garfield told Entertainment Tonight. “I would like to do something very strange. Something very unique, and offbeat and surprising — kind of like the creative freedom they have with the animated Spider-Verse movies.”
So forget the formulaic superhero sequel — Garfield wants something bold, experimental, and just a little bit bizarre. Think more existential-crisis Spider-Man and less web-slinging franchise filler.
This isn’t the first time Garfield has toyed with the idea of returning to the Spidey suit. After all, his surprise appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021 — a multiverse love letter to Spider-fans — reignited global appreciation for his version of the wall-crawler. The film grossed a staggering $1.9 billion worldwide, and fans still haven’t stopped begging for The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
But Garfield’s approach to the role has never been strictly commercial. In an earlier interview with Esquire, he emphasized that he hadn’t fully shut the door on Peter Parker, but that any return would need to carry cultural or emotional weight. “I would 100% come back if it was the right thing, if it’s additive to the culture, if there’s a great concept or something that hasn’t been done before,” he explained. “Something that’s unique and odd and exciting, and that you can sink your teeth into.”
And make no mistake: he still loves the character. “It brings joy,” he told the magazine. “If part of what I bring is joy, then I’m joyful in return.”
That said, Garfield is also well aware of the game he’s playing. After gaslighting an entire fandom about his role in No Way Home, he knows people take his denials with a grain of salt. “I’m gonna disappoint you,” he said with a grin to GQ. “Yeah, no. But I know no one’s gonna trust anything I say from now on.”
So, is a psychedelic, art-house Spider-Man movie in our future? One where Peter Parker questions his existence between dimensions, or maybe even breaks the fourth wall while battling surreal villains from the far corners of the multiverse?
If Garfield has any say in it — and Marvel’s feeling adventurous — don’t count it out.