Andrew Garfield is tired of the Spider-Man question, and he has said so in multiple interviews now. The problem is nobody believes him, and he knows it, which is exactly what makes his situation so difficult to watch.
He Has Said No, He Has Said Maybe, and Nobody Is Taking Either Answer
The most direct version came in a GQ interview where Garfield was asked about Avengers: Doomsday.
His response was “No, unequivocally, f—ing no,” Loud and clear. Then he paused and added, “But I know no one’s gonna trust anything I say from now on.” That last part is the whole issue.
Garfield spent most of 2021 denying he was in Spider-Man: No Way Home. He was in it. He was one of three Spider-Men in it. The denial strategy did not work, and now every time he says no, the internet immediately assumes yes.
On the Variety press circuit, he put it plainly. He had to work very hard to get interviewers to ask him fewer Spider-Man questions. “I’m still working on it, obviously. It’s an imperfect process.” He is currently promoting other work.
Every interview loops back to the same question. That is the frustration. Not the character, not the franchise. Just the inability to talk about anything else.
At the same time, he has not fully closed the door. When asked about a hypothetical return, he told Esquire he would 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 that’s unique and odd and exciting.” At Middle East Film and Comic Con, he said it would have to be “very weird.” He wants something that feels like the animated Spider-Verse films, strange and creatively free.
A straight MCU cameo does not interest him. Something with the freedom of Spider-Verse 3, which he has publicly expressed interest in, is a different conversation.
The fan reaction when he does engage is not helping either. A video surfaced from a comic con where a fan told him they could not wait to see him in Secret Wars. Garfield gave a coy laugh and looked directly at the camera.
The fan posted it with the caption “he knows.” The clip went everywhere. Every ambiguous reaction Garfield gives gets treated as confirmation of something he has explicitly denied.
Avengers: Doomsday wrapped principal photography in September 2025. His name was not on the official cast announcement. Secret Wars has not started filming yet. Whether he ends up in either film is still genuinely unknown.
What is known is that he is exhausted by the question and fully aware that saying so will not stop anyone from asking it.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out July 31, 2026, without him. The question will come up again before the end of that press tour.
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