"Sharing it with these boys will be forever one of the most special experiences of my career."
All three Spider-Men have finally joined forces one last time to deliver an interview talking about their 'No Way Home' experience. Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield had a chat with Deadline all about how "emotional", "profound" and what a "celebration" this outing felt for them - so, get ready for all sorts of positive and cuddly adjectives to get thrown your way.
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' essentially did the impossible. And we're not talking about getting all three web-slingers in the same film (although that is still very impressive), but it's the fact that no one out of the cast let slip that it was about to happen. Depending on what type of cinema screening you were in while watching the film, there were either stifled gasps or screams and cheers erupting from your fellow cinema-goers when Ned (Jacob Batalon) began opening portals with Doctor Strange's Sling Ring.
Garfield, who was unfortunately asked about 'No Way Home' more than his colleagues before the film's release, said about lying through his teeth, describing it as that group game 'Werewolf': "I kind of enjoyed it. It was quite fun, and it felt like that game 'Werewolf' or 'Mafia' where, you know, you’re the werewolf and you have to convince everyone that you’re not. So I kind of turned it into a little bit of a game for myself."
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were able to watch 'No Way Home' together with Garfield admitting, "I was in pieces". He also said that Maguire joining the ensemble meant he had "no choice" in his decision to join the superhero film: "Well, I was just waiting to see if Tobey was going to do it, and if Tobey was going to do it, then I was like, 'Well, I have no choice', you know? I follow Tobey to the ends of the Earth. I’m a lemming for Tobey."
On the topic of working with two actors who have carried the Spider-Man torch since his original trilogy from Sam Raimi, Maguire said that he was "grateful every day" on the set of the film. He added: "It was such a rich experience and, as the guys have touched on, the kind of sharing of something and the brotherhood of it. It was just so rich, emotional.
"It was pretty wild to witness the immensity of all of this history coming together and being put into what Andrew was saying is this standalone, worthwhile story."
Although this was Tom Holland's third standalone entry as Peter Parker, a continuation of his storyline is yet to be officially given the green light (a new trilogy is supposedly in the pipeline). Touching on his experience on the film set, Holland said: "This film also felt like a celebration of three generations of cinema. So, at times, we would be getting into these scenes that were incredibly emotional."
Finally, when asked if he'll be back to don the Spidey suit again in the future, Holland said the "truthful" answer was: "I don’t know the answer to that question. [...] But if it’s time for me to say goodbye, then I will do so proudly, knowing that I’ve achieved everything I wanted to with this character, and sharing it with these boys will be forever one of the most special experiences of my career. So, if it’s time, it’s time. If it’s not, it’s not. But at the moment, I don’t know."
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is still in theatres.
