Andrew Garfield Lied To Emma Stone About His Appearance In Spider-Man: No Way Home

Andrew Garfield shares that he lied to his ex-girlfriend Emma Stone about appearing in the new Spider-Man movie.

The British actor donned the Spider-Man costume for the third time when he took on the role of Peter Parker. 

Garfield first played the role in the 2012 release The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by a sequel a couple of years later.

So when Garfield received a call for appearing in Tom Holland's third outing, he obviously couldn't let go of the opportunity. 

But since the news had to be a secret, Garfield had to keep his mouth shut, and not anyone know the secret.

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In fact, the British Actor was not even allowed to tell Stone, who starred opposite him as Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man movies.

Talking about keeping mum, Garfield told the Happy Sad Confused podcast: "Emma kept on texting me and she was, like, 'Are you in this new Spider-Man film?'

"I was, like, 'I don’t know what you’re talking about'. She was, like, 'Shut up, just tell me', I’m, like, 'Honestly, don’t know what... '.

"I kept it going even with her. It was hilarious."

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And when Stone finally saw the movie, she was not impressed, telling Garfield: "You’re a jerk."

It was actually not only Stone that the actor had to lie to, Garfield also had some major convincing to do to the media and tell them that he was not part of the movie.

Garfield told The Wrap: "It was stressful, I’m not gonna lie."

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"It was rather stressful but also weirdly enjoyable.”

He continued: "It was like this massive game of Werewolf that I was playing with journalists and with people guessing, and it was very fun,” he added, referring to a party game about concealing your identity."

He added: "There were moments where I was like, ‘God, I hate lying'. I don’t like to lie and I’m not a good liar, but I kept framing it as a game. And I kept imagining myself purely as a fan of that character, which is not hard to do."

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"I placed myself in that position of, well, what would I want to know? Would I want to be toyed with? Would I want to be lied to? Would I want to be kept on my toes guessing? Would I want to discover it when I went to the theatre? Would I want to be guessing, guessing, guessing?"

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He says the answer to all those questions was pretty clear, adding: “I would want the actor to do an incredibly good job at convincing me he wasn’t in it. And then I would want to lose my mind in the theatre when my instinct was proven right. That’s what I would want.

"It’s been a rare experience to play that mass game of Werewolf with every single Spider-Man fan in the world. That’s been incredibly fun."

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