Andrew Garfield hasn't seen Brand New Day, denies Doomsday
Andrew Garfield hasn't seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day or Tom Holland's The Odyssey yet, telling Variety at The Uprising premiere he won't message Holland until he watches both films. He also insisted he is not in Avengers: Doomsday, while smiling about past No Way Home secrecy.
Speaking Wednesday at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood, Garfield explained why he has stayed quiet about the massive success of Holland's recent films. The former Spider-Man said he wants to see the work first. Catch more franchise updates in our Streaming & TV Alerts hub.
Key Takeaways
- Garfield has not watched Spider-Man: Brand New Day or Holland's The Odyssey.
- He will congratulate Holland only after seeing both, to avoid sounding "disingenuous."
- He said he is not in Avengers: Doomsday, then smiled when reminded of his No Way Home denial.
- Brand New Day has earned about $891 million domestically and is forecast to clear $1 billion in North America.
Why hasn't Andrew Garfield seen Brand New Day yet?
According to Variety, Garfield is not ready to praise Holland's run because he has not screened either film. "I don't want to be disingenuous," he said. "A movie making money and people going to see it is an incredible thing, but I will reach out to him once I've seen [Spider-Man], which I'm very excited to see."
He added that he also has not managed to see The Odyssey, and plans to message Holland "when I see the work he has done." The delay is about honesty, not distance from the character he once played.
Is Andrew Garfield in Avengers: Doomsday?
Asked directly whether he appears in the upcoming MCU film, Garfield answered, "I'm not." Variety's Marc Malkin reminded him that he previously lied about not being in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Garfield smiled and replied, "You'll find out, I suppose, one way or another." He has played Spider-Man in two solo films and rejoined Holland and Tobey Maguire in No Way Home, so Doomsday speculation was always likely.
Still, his on-the-record denial is a clear public answer to the casting question fans keep asking.
What did he say about Brand New Day's huge haul?
Garfield said he is not surprised Brand New Day has reached a staggering $891 million at the domestic box office, with forecasts it could become the first movie to make $1 billion in North America alone. "Everyone has ownership over him, he's everybody's, and he's decent and he's good and he's ordinary, and he's extraordinary like all of us," he said of Spider-Man. "It's impossible not to see yourself in that character."
The night was primarily about The Uprising, Paul Greengrass's historical action drama. Garfield plays a fictional character who becomes a leader in a commoners' rebellion, and Greengrass said the star insisted on doing most of his own fight stunts—"a lot of ice packs on the knees," Garfield joked.