Hollywood star Andrew Garfield has earned himself significant recognition in the film industry with worthy movies like The Social Network, Tick, Tick…Boom! and his most popular, The Amazing Spider-Man films. He is one of the three iconic Peter Parkers fans are obsessed with. However, he happened to be obsessed with another role, years before his Marvel debut.
Five years before The Amazing Spider-Man hit the theatres, Garfield made up his mind to star in 2008’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Even though he couldn’t make the part, as the world associates Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian, Garfield admitted to having no regrets. Nevertheless, he was baffled by his rejection and pestered his agent who responded to him with a befitting reply.
Andrew Garfield was slammed with the truth
The 40-year-old star opened up about feeling dejected after he was not selected for the role of Prince Caspian in the Chronicles of Narnia franchise. Andrew Garfield recalled his experience in an episode of Entertainment Tonight and revealed how he couldn’t accept his defeat to Ben Barnes. Garfield admitted to being desperate for the part and hoped the audition would go in his favor. The actor said,
“I remember I was so desperate. I auditioned for Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia and I thought, ‘This could be it, this could be it.’ And that handsome, brilliant actor Ben Barnes ended up getting the role. I think it was down to me and him, and I remember I was obsessed.”
However, the audition results were not the end of his escapade. Garfield rushed to his agent and complained about not getting selected. The Golden Globe winner asked his agent,
“Why not me?”
As stated by Garfield, the agent probably irked by his grumbling, burst out a harsh truth. Garfield recollected her agent’s words and disclosed,
“She eventually just broke under my incessant nagging and she was like, ‘It’s because they don’t think you’re handsome enough, Andrew.’”
Not disagreeing with the revelation, Garfield acknowledged that Barnes was in fact, more handsome and talented than him. Therefore, he held no regrets and commended the latter’s performance as Prince Caspian.
Andrew Garfield is a bad liar
With the many spoiler histories of Marvel actors, especially Mark Ruffalo and Tom Holland topping the list, Garfield revealed that keeping his cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home a secret was stressful. In an interview with The Wrap, Garfield shared,
“It was stressful, I’m not gonna lie. It was rather stressful but also weirdly enjoyable.”
Deeming himself as a Werewolf amid questioning journalists, Garfield managed to have a little fun. However, things got real when he had to consistently lie about not being in the movie. The actor expressed,
“There were moments where I was like, ‘God, I hate lying.’ I don’t like to lie and I’m not a good liar but I kept framing it as a game.”
Claiming to be a bad liar, Garfield tried to perceive it as a game since fans would eventually know the truth. Therefore, he managed to not give out any spoilers, and No Way Home was a complete surprise for MCU fans. Probably, Tom Holland could take a note.
