According to Andrew Garfield, he and Toby Maguire were only on the set of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ for two weeks. Not even a month after the premiere of Marvel’s latest installment, fans continue to rave about Peter Parker’s return to the screen. No Way Home’s massive success makes it responsible for 12% of all US box office earnings from 2021 and continues to dominate in theaters and among fans with reception being overwhelmingly positive.
In 2020, rumors began to fly about what the next Spidey movie would be about, promising not only the return of Tom Holland as Peter Parker, MJ (Zendaya), Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon), and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), but also Jamie Foxx’s Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This sent fans into a speculative frenzy, and the rumors and hopes that MCU’s Spider-Man would open the Spider-Verse were rampant. Garfield, who played Peter Parker in Sony’s 2012 reboot, had repeatedly denied his involvement with ‘No Way Home’ until the bitter end, but fans were convinced this wasn’t the case. However, upon the film’s release in December 2021, the rumors were proven to be true. Garfield and Maguire, who played Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy, both reprised their roles to help the newest Peter Parker.
In an interview with Variety, Garfield says he and Maguire were only on set for two weeks of No Way Home’s production. Despite the short timeframe, Garfield is confident that they put together something meaningful when there was potential for their appearances to be shallow. Their appearance in the MCU has a larger impact on Holland’s ‘Spider-Man’ as he continues forward in his journey, while also allowing the alternate Peters the chance to reconcile their own past, like the death of Gwen Stacy in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’.
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