Andrew Garfield says post the critical and commercial debacle of 'The Amazing
Spider-Man 2
', he made it a priority to maintain distance from comic book-based films.
The actor played the web-slinger in two films - 2012 feature and its 2014 sequel. The follow-up's failure made the conglomerate put a stop to a live-action
Spider-Man
movie universe and led the studio to partner with Disney.
The character was later integrated into the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
, where he is currently being portrayed by Tom Holland.
"I think I've been aware of that possibility that such a seminal, iconic role can follow an actor around and it takes a lot to shift the consciousness of an audience, and shift the consciousness of people.
"But I feel like I've been really intense on doing that since finishing 'Spider-Man'. And I feel I'm just a bit more comfortable that I've achieved what I wanted to achieve in a sense of just coming back to being known as an actor that is interested in lots of different kinds of stories and different kinds of characters," Garfield told a website.
The actor then went on to star as lead in
Mel Gibson's war drama '
Hacksaw Ridge
' (2017), for which he received his career's first Best Actor Oscar nod.
He recently won the
Tony Award
for Best Actor in a Play for his performance. His latest release is David Robert Mitchell's indie 'Under the Silver Lake'.
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