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How Andrew Garfield Got Ripped To Play Spider-Man

Apr 17, 2026
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"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is making fans keenly aware of just how much of the web crawler we've seen on the big screen these past two decades, with (as the trailers revealed) villains from the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb Spider-Man movies making an appearance (along with some other multiversal surprises). One of the side effects of Doctor Strange's spell IRL has been the intense nostalgia fans have been having for all-things-Spidey, including Webb's often-overlooked "The Amazing Spider-Man" duology, starring Andrew Garfield. Tom Holland is a fan favorite in the MCU, but Garfield made an excellent Peter Parker, and worked hard to look the part. Here's how Andrew Garfield got ripped to play Spider-Man.