Andrew Garfield on Spir-Man: 'Why Can't He Be Gay?' - Variety

Contents:

• “I’M A GAY MAN RIGHT NOW”: SPIR-MAN ACTOR ANDREW GARFIELD WAS CONCERNED HE MIGHT REALLY BE GAY LATER LIFE AFTER AWARD-WNG PLAY THAT LEFT FANS DISGTED
• ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN'S SEXUALY: 'WHY N'T HE BE GAY?'
• ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN: ‘WHY CAN’T HE BE GAY?’

“I’M A GAY MAN RIGHT NOW”: SPIR-MAN ACTOR ANDREW GARFIELD WAS CONCERNED HE MIGHT REALLY BE GAY LATER LIFE AFTER AWARD-WNG PLAY THAT LEFT FANS DISGTED

While homophob are by gettg mad at Tom Holland for havg a gay scene his current show The Crowd Room, they’re missg somethg important: he’s not the first Spir-Man actor to play gay.

In fact, Holland is followg a long and proud tradn of Spir-Man actors playg are some prev tim that actors who have played Peter Parker have crossed over to the other si and played gay characters movi, TV, and on stage. The first live-actn Spir-Man has played gay several tim his reer, both before and after playg Spir-Man.

Maguire played gay aga 2008’s Tropic Thunr. In a fake trailer for an Osr-ba movie the film, Maguire plays himself, who is starrg a movie about two gay 18th Century monks lled Satan’s Alley. Garfield, who played Parker the rebooted Spir-Man movi by Marc Webb, has actually gotten wispread cril acclaim for playg gay.

ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN'S SEXUALY: 'WHY N'T HE BE GAY?'

In 2017, he started playg the role of Prr Walter, a gay man wh AIDS, the celebrated play Angels Ameri at the Natnal Theatre London. In The Crowd Room, Holland, who plays Spir-Man the Marvel Cematic Universe, plays a troubled young man named Danny Sullivan, who ms some heo crim, but also has gay sex. Homophob are plag that their beloved Spir-Man would do such a thg (the gay stuff, not the rap).

Harris has played gay several tim, notably Unupled.

ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN: ‘WHY CAN’T HE BE GAY?’

He’s also gay and proud real life. So I said, 'OK, so you want me to make sure that we get the bigots and the homophob to buy their tickets?