Although Sony has mapped out the future of its main Spidey franchise by announcing The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4, so far leading man Andrew Garfield has refused to commit himself one way or another to a fourth outing as Marvel’s wall-crawler. Of course, Garfield can’t stay in the role indefinitely (by the third movie, he’ll already be 32 years old), and now he’s spoken about the possibility of Ultimate Spider-Man’s Miles Morales picking up the mantle from him as the franchise continues.
“I have given that thought,” Garfield tells Comic Book Resources during a promotional interview for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. “Miles Morales was a huge moment in this character’s comic book life. And I do believe that we can do that. It’s something I’m really interested in figuring out; an eloquent way of coexisting, or passing on the torch. I don’t have an answer, but I think it’s actually a really important move. I think it’s a really beautiful and important move… I want it to feel like a circle. I want the two ends to join, somehow. I don’t know what that means, yet. I don’t know what that means in terms of the quantity of Spider-Man movies I do. But I know that I don’t particularly want to be a 40-year-old Spider-Man. [Laughs] I do know that time is fleeting.”
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out now in the UK and opens in North America this Friday (May 2nd), with a cast that also includes Emma Stone (Gwent Stacy), Sally Field (Aunt May), Chris Zylka (Flash Thompson), Campbell Scott (Richard Parker), Embeth Davidtz (Mary Parker), Martin Sheen (Ben Parker) and Denis Leary (George Stacy) alongside new additions Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) as Electro, Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) as Harry Osborn, Paul Giamatti (12 Years a Slave) as The Rhino, Chris Cooper (American Beauty) as Norman Osborn, Colm Feore (Thor) as Donald Menken, Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) as Felicia Hardy, Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings) as Dr. Kafka, and B.J. Novak (The Office) as Alistair Smythe. Read our reviews here, here and here.
Originally published April 29, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
