Mary-Jane Watson, Spider-Man’s soulmate, had yet to debut in Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man franchise.
In a 2013 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Garfield revealed that he had a deep conversation about Spider-Man’s sexuality with his producer at the time, Matt Tolmach. Andrew Garfield really wants Spider-Man to explore his sexuality Garfield saw no reason why Spider-Man also couldn’t share this same flexible sexuality. He later went on to add, “I want to know as much of the garden as possible before I pass – I have an openness to any impulses that may arise within me at any time.” “Up until this point, I’ve only been sexually attracted to women,” Garfield said according to Rolling Stone. Despite him being heterosexual, Garfield was aware that his sexuality could change in the future under certain circumstances. Garfield later went on to officially discuss his sexuality separate from his character. I am a gay man right now just without the physical act – that’s all.” “My only time off during rehearsals – every Sunday I would have eight friends over and we would just watch Ru,” Garfield said. The character he was referring to was his role as Prior Walter, who was battling aids in the Tony Kushner play, Angels in America. According to Variety, Garfield once quipped about having to be gay to play a gay character. Andrew Garfield | Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesĪlthough Andrew Garfield identifies as a heterosexual male, he considers his sexuality to be a flexible and fluid concept.