The New Spider-Man Is Andrew Garfield

According to Variety, Sony and director Marc Webb have pegged fresh-faced 26-year-old Brit actor Andrew Garfield to be the new Spider-Man. This ends what felt like years of speculation. Thank the heavens!

What about Jamie Bell? And Josh Hutcherson? And that other kid from that movie no one ever heard of? Well, none of those clowns were deemed worthy, I guess. Garfield was in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and can be seen in upcoming films such as David Fincher’s The Social Network and Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go.

A limey as Spider-Man? Really? I thought they’d go with someone younger too. Twenty-six isn’t ancient and he looks youthful, but I was under the impression they were looking for a teenager or someone in their early twenties. Apparently, that wasn’t the case.

I’ve seen Garfield in Boy A and Lions for Lambs. He’s a decent enough actor, although I’ve yet to see him do anything physical. Not that it matters since all the wall-crawling and web swinging will be done by a stunt dude in a costume or with fancy schmancy CGI.

Not sure how the fanboys will take the news. I expect some will be displeased. I like Spidey and all, but didn’t really care who they picked. Although, I thought Jamie Bell would’ve been a solid choice. Oh well. Time to get back to wondering who will play The Riddler in Batman 3.