Film International Issue 1, December 2013 | Page 2

Why is Andrew Garfield the amazing Spiderman?

the school bully. "You look
not help but feel connected
Webb, the director of the fi
whether it’d be because he
his place in life ever since
was a child, he shys away
self busy with his studies,
assment from Flash the bu
Andrew’s previous perform
showed how on point his e
Saverin in The Social Netw
aggressive insults from Je
berg, until he explodes dem
smashing.
Onto Andrew’s physical ap
gymnast at school with a 
it. His body is so difficult 
found it almost impossib
anyone?
suit for anything other th
By ‘the rapids’, we’re referring to Andrew’s fame. The now shots. 
30 year old, half English half American, gained most of his No wonder everyone is so
fame for being the face of a billion-dollar mega-brand by
myself, with Spiderman be
starring in the title role of the superhero film The Amazing just like Andrew’s. “Spider
Spider-Man.
year old and till this day. B
On screen, Andrew Garfield has an uncanny resemblance literally became my own he
to how Peter Parker is imagined and presented; a matchup their own hero.” Spiderma
that truly works, with Andrew’s tall, slim and athletic build becoming the city’s hero, g
bringing what Tobey Maguire was truly missing.
tional side too, that as men
Andrew Garfield was introduced as Peter Parker in a sensi- spectacularly. “Well, there
tive yet individualistic way, with a camera slung around his comics, y’know, there was
neck and his face holding a frown, not being able to beat
and the reality of a teenage
"You look at Andrew's face and you can- and dropped by his par
been orphaned, who put
not help but feel connected in a deep
good inner core, who’s b
the strength to fight bac
way," 
ers…”. He then sighs a
The bullied teenager who has become a superstar of one of Hollywood's biggest successes, Andrew Garfield's life reads like a
comic-book. The quiet boy with
only his troubles for company, that
is up until he becomes America’s
biggest superhero. Not that easy
of course, but as he prepares to
transform once again for The
Amazing Spiderman sequel, the
main star of the show had a troubled past, before having the excitement of riding the rapids of the
celebrity high life. Remind you of