Andrew Garfield Says, ‘I Had to Work Very Hard to Have Less People Ask Questions About Spider-Man’ at Marrakech Festival Press Conference
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent While at the Marrakech Film Festival where he’s serving on Luca Guadagnino’s jury alongside Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield said he’s “had to work very hard to have less people ask questions about “Spider-Man.” “I’m still working on it, obviously.
It’s an imperfect process,” he quipped, as he had just been asked a question about his work on the superhero franchise. Garfield said he was nevertheless “grateful for that time” because “it allowed [him] to maybe have an easier shot at working with people like Martin Scorsese straight after.” “I think Marty probably was able to get a passion project made with a guy who played Spider-Man in the lead to play a Jesuit priest in the 1600s of Japan.
The fact that that film got made with the help of Spider-Man is a beautiful thing,” Garfield said, referring to Scorsese’s 2016 film “Silence.” Guadagnino, who kicked off the Marrakech Film Festival last night with a tribute to his Moroccan roots and love for the city, followed Garfield’s remarks on the super-hero franchise and unexpectedly said he found “Spider-Man” to be a “fascinating superhero.” “I remember when Sam Raimi directed his first one, and I was 28 or 29, I had these dreams because I’m kind of a megalomaniac, and I wished had been asked to do a one.
So I wish I had directed you in Spider-Man,” Guadagnino said, looking at Garfield who was seating on his left. Guadagnino did just direct Garfield in the thriller “After the Hunt,” also starring Julia Roberts.
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