The real reason Andrew Garfield was let go from the Spider-Man series
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Anyone who gets to play Spider-Man is living a dream come true. How many children don the iconic mask and pretend to spray web-shooters at pets, claiming they're on their way to rescue their beloved Mary Jane? For a scant few actors, that dream becomes a dizzying reality, as it did for Andrew Garfield. As star of The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, he brought Peter Parker to moody, wall-crawling life, battling classic villains like the Lizard and Electro as he romanced Gwen Stacy.share
Alas, the dream was brief. Nowadays, only a few years later, our Spider-Man is played by Tom Holland as a denizen of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a shy high-schooler devoted to protecting his Queens neighborhood when he isn't grabbing a bite at the bodega. How, exactly, did this happen? Couldn't Garfield have made the jump to the MCU? Weren't his movies roundly successful? Didn't everyone agree that he and Stone positively crackled on screen? The answer, as always, is complicated. Join us as we explore exactly why Garfield's time in the spidery spotlight ended in 2014.