At the same time, another public-school-educated, big-haired, odd-looking Englishman was plucked from near obscurity to front a Hollywood film juggernaut. Andrew Garfield, 26, was revealed as the new Spider-Man. He will replace the US actor Tobey MacGuire in the fourth instalment of the franchise about New York’s sticky-fingered superhero.

Garfield beat off stiff competition from fellow Brits such as Aaron Johnson, 20 – the star of one of the year’s biggest films, Kick Ass, and the partner of the artist Sam Taylor-Wood, who directed him in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy – and Jamie Bell. Bell, 24, is best-known for starring in Billy Elliot, and is about to star as Tintin in Steven Spielberg’s blockbusting take on the crime-fighting boy reporter.

Garfield maybe relatively unknown, but he has acting form, winning a Bafta in 2008 for his role as Jack in Channel 4′s hard-hitting Boy A. “Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor’s work understand his extraordinary talents,” the director Mark Webb said.

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By Vicki • July 04, 2010 • Articles & Interviews • Comments: 0

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