Spider-Man does whatever a Spider can — an example followed by Andrew Garfield, who's doing everything he can to live up to the honor of playing Marvel Comics' most instantly recognizable superhero in Sony's "Amazing" reboot later this year.
As he's said in the past, the weight of playing Spider-Man is not lost on Garfield. The actor spoke with The Press Association about the blessings and curses that come with the webbed-out role. Thankfully for both Garfield and fans alike, most of the Spidey baggage falls firmly in the "blessings" category in his opinion.
"All the way through filming the Spider-Man movie, I felt like I was serving something greater than me," said the actor. "I wouldn't have done it if I didn't."
"That character has been an important character to me since I was a kid," he went on. "And all my concern was to make sure that Peter Parker and the symbol of Spider-Man were treated with the reverence that I have for them."
Encouraging words, no doubt about it. But there is still a downside, or at least a daunting prospect, when it comes to Garfield playing Spider-Man: more and more with every passing day, the actor's stepping further and further into the public's endlessly scrutinizing eye.
"There will be a certain stepping out, yes. I think right now all I'm trying to do is step in," he said about becoming more and more popular due to the attention playing Spidey brings to the table. "Not in a shy way. Not in a defensive way. Not in a keep-away-from-me way. It's just that I need to know myself so well if I'm going to be able to handle this."
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