Sounds like he’s been playing Spider-Man since he was a kid, the only difference is now, they’re actually filming him

Andrew Garfield, the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 🌳upcoming Marc Webb movie, has once again been proving his geek credentials for the ro🔯le, revealing in an interview with that he’s been a fan since he was four.

“His youth, his relatability, his struggle,” he says is what has always inspired him about Spider-Man. “He was just this skinny boy. He was a skinny boy who felt stronger on the inside than he looke𒁏d on the outside, and I related to it immed🎶iately, and it stayed with me as I grew up. Every single generation of the comic, the cartoons and the movies, it all means a great deal to me. It was always something that gave me hope as a skinny little kid whose sense of injustice about the world didn't match his sense of strength about his body. I found it so inspiring and uplifting and reassuring. To be a part of that mythology and that legacy is a true honour.”

He also reckons it’s the 𒈔role that appeals, becoming an𝕴 international star.

“We could be making a short film, a short Spider-Man film with an unknown director, with no money, and I’d do it just to be able to play as Spider-Man. That’s like a childhood fantasy come to life. It’s an adult fantasy, as well. I’m still climbing up the door frames in my house. It’s just a bigger space I’m going to be climbing in now, with a bit more money behind ౠit, and the cameras filming it.”

He’s also about to begin his training regi🐬me for the film.

“We’re just talking about where we want to go with it and what kind of body shape it should be. What the skill set should be. I know I&rsq🤪uo;m going to be doing a lot of flexibility training and a lot of strength train﷽ing, because I have to swing and stuff. I’m just guessing, but it’s all kind of early stages.”

Meanwhile, his Never Let Me Go so-star Carey (best Doctor Who companion that never was) Mulligan, reckons, “I think it'll be like what Heath Ledger did with the Joker.&r🦂dquo; Good grief, we’re going to see Peter Parker as a cross-dressing nurse? Sadly, no… “Andrew,” she continues, “has no other way of working other than doing things with complete truth. I know that Andrew will play the truth of what it's like to be that man in that situation.”