Andrew Garfield Spent Seven Months Lying About No Way Home

By The Backlot

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Tom Holland as Peter Parker in street clothes stands across from Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange in a dim underground chamber, golden magical runes arcing overhead as Strange raises his hand.

Marvel asked Andrew Garfield to keep a secret for seven months. He did. He lied.

When a set photo leaked showing him on the No Way Home production, Garfield went on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and called it "a Photoshop." On the Today Show weeks before the film's December 2021 release, he told the host directly: "Listen, I am not in the film." He had been saying variations of that since May.

After the film opened, he told TheWrap: "It was like this massive game of Werewolf that I was playing with journalists." He also said: "There were moments where I was like, God, I hate lying."

He even lied to Emma Stone, his former girlfriend.

It is streaming now on Disney+.

Quick Facts

Andrew Garfield Spent Seven Months Lying About No Way Home

DirectorJon Watts

CastTom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau

GenreAction, Adventure

Release2021-12-15

Runtime148 min

Rated7.9/10

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For seven months, Andrew Garfield publicly denied being in Spider-Man: No Way Home. He called a set photo a Photoshop. He told interviewers he was not in the film. After it opened, he admitted he hated lying. Now streaming on Disney+. #SpiderMan #Backlot

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Andrew Garfield denied being in Spider-Man: No Way Home for 7 months. Called a set photo a Photoshop. Told interviewers he wasn't in it. Then said he hated lying. Now on Disney+. #SpiderMan #Backlot