Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire Snuck Into a Movie Theater to See ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThere has been media debate whether “Spider-Man: No Way Home” could get a best picture Oscar nomination, since voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have been reluctant to celebrate movies in that genre. But describing this as a superhero movie is like saying “The Godfather” is a gangster film. It IS, but it’s much more.The box-office success proves that the film is hitting a nerve with audiences: They needed this film.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home.By deciding to confide in just his father, mother and brother, Garfield chose to keep the secret as closely held as he could manage – not even confirming his Amazing Spider-Man co-star Emma Stone’s suspicions.Garfield, along with former webslinger Tobey Maguire, appeared in the latest Spider-Man instalment, which sees Tom Holland portray the titular superhero.“I lied to people for a good two years and I lied to the internet for two years, and it felt great,” Garfield told The Ellen DeGeneres Show, adding that only three people in his life besides his agent knew that he was filming.“My dad, my brother, and my mother just kind of us. It was fun to keep it a secret,” Garfield added.

Andrew Garfield is giving fans some insight into his big surprise appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home!

Clayton Davis Sam Raimi, the director of Columbia Pictures’ original “Spider-Man” trilogy starring Tobey Maguire, has spoken out about watching his original cast reprise their roles in last year’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”In an exclusive interview with Variety while promoting the Oscar-shortlisted film “You’re Dead Hélène,” a live-action horror short film produced by Raimi, the director discussed seeing Maguire, Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina take up their iconic characters once again.“It was so much fun,” Raimi said. “I love ‘No Way Home’ and the audience I was with went crazy.

Andrew Garfield only trusted three people with the news that he would make his return to the Spider-Man franchise in. During an appearance on Monday's , the 38-year-old actor, who played the web-slinging superhero in two previous Spider-Man films — 2012's and its 2014 sequel -- shares who he let in on his secret.

Andrew Garfield is sharing new details about his big surprise appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home!

Andrew Garfield did a lot of lying in order to keep his his super-secret cameo in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” under wraps.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAdd another notch on “Spider-Man: No Way Home’s” long list of box office achievements.Over the weekend, Sony’s comic book adventure became the sixth-highest grossing movie in history with $1.69 billion at the global box office (not adjusted for inflation). It passed “Jurassic World” ($1.67 billion) and “The Lion King” ($1.66 billion) to secure that spot.Now in its sixth weekend of release, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” returned to the No.

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Some lucky fans got to see the new Spider-Man movie with Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, and they didn’t even know it.

Zack Sharf Andrew Garfield revealed on this week’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that protecting his return as Peter Parker/Spider-Man for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” meant he even had to lie to his former “Spider-Man” co-star Emma Stone. Garfield and Stone starred together as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in the Marc Webb-directed “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” While Garfield’s return for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was heavily rumored, the actor lied to everyone he knew in order to protect the major secret.“Emma [Stone] kept on texting and she was like, ‘Are you in this new ‘Spider-Man’ film?'” Garfield answered when asked if he had told either Stone or Webb about his “No Way Home” return. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ She was like, ‘Shut up.

Spider-Man: No Way Home.The pair worked together on the Amazing Spider-Man films as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy from 2012 to 2014 and were in a relationship for several years.“Emma kept on texting me, and she was like, ‘Are you in this new Spider-Man film?’” Garfield recalled on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast.“And, I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ She was like, ‘Shut up, just tell me.’ I’m like, ‘I honestly don’t know.’ I kept it going, even with her. It was hilarious.

By now, we have documented the months of lies from Andrew Garfield from most angles. We’ve believed him when he seemed to be exasperated with all the constant questions about maybe appearing in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” We’ve celebrated with him as we learned that all of that lying was in good fun and he wasn’t at his wit’s end.

After promoting his two films “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and “tick, tick…boom!” it seemed as if all the extra questions about potentially appearing in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” were weighing heavy on Andrew Garfield. Unlike Tobey Maguire, who just stayed out of the public eye, and Tom Holland, who was busy talking about other aspects of the film, Garfield was getting hammered for months about whether or not he was showing up.

The Amazing Spider-Man Andrew Garfield revealed that he and Spider-Man Tobey Maguire snuck into theaters on opening night for Spider-Man: No Way Home to capture audience reactions to the new film.