By The Daily Caller (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-01 17:01:27 | Updated at 2026-09-04 14:45:42
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Andrew Garfield doubled down on his belief that there’s room for a gay Spider-Man in the future.
He reiterated his belief in an Aug. 31 interview with Entertainment Weekly, echoing the same sentiment he first shared with the outlet in 2013, when he said, “Anyone can be in that suit.”
“Why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys?” Garfield said in his most recent interview.
Andrew Garfield says he still believes a gay Spider-Man could happen.
“I just still believe that anyone can be in that suit… You don’t see skin color, you don’t see gender, you don’t see sexuality. Anyone can project themselves into that suit”
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Garfield’s interview was intended to center around the premiere of his new historical drama, “The Uprising,” but the conversation about gay Spider-Man took the spotlight.
Recalling his previous statements on the matter, Garfield said, “It was an exercise in rebellion that I felt passionate about,” before noting his stance has not wavered.
“I just still believe that anyone can be in that suit.”
Andrew Garfield revealed he pushed for Peter Parker to explore his sexuality and wanted Michael B. Jordan to play his male MJ:
“What if MJ is a dude?… Why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys?”
Garfield even pitched the potential romance as “interracial bisexuality.” pic.twitter.com/Y7L8YnmqGL
Garfield continued, “That’s the point of why it’s such a kind of universally beloved character, one of the greatly beloved characters in the history of fiction - is because you don’t see skin color, you don’t see gender, you don’t see sexuality.”
“Anyone can project themselves into that suit,” he told Entertainment Weekly. (RELATED: Met Gala Pulls Fashion Designer John Galliano’s Solo Exhibition Over 15-Year-Old Drunken Rant)
Garfield admitted that he likes “the idea of a place where everyone is being honored, and everyone is being included.”
There have been several variations of Spider-Man depicted in the films, but the franchise has not yet included a gay Spider-Man in the live-action films.
