[scifinoir2] Andrew Garfield cast as the new Spider-Man

[brent wodehouse]

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/07/01/andrew-garfield-cast-as-the-new-spider-man/

Andrew Garfield cast as the new Spider-Man

by Nicole Sperling


We have a new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man - and he’s British.
Columbia Pictures confirms that Andrew Garfield, 26, has nabbed the highly
sought-after role of Peter Parker after a worldwide search. Garfield,
while largely unknown in the states, is one of the U.K.’s most highly
regarded up-and-comers. He appeared in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of
Dr. Parnassus as well as John Crowley’s Boy A, for which he received a
best actor BAFTA in 2008. He’s been getting heat in the U.S., too. This
year the young Brit will be starring opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Justin
Timberlake in the Facebook movie Social Network, directed by David
Fincher, and will star in the Oscar-bait drama Never Let Me Go opposite
Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Keira Knightley. As recently as
yesterday, web speculation was high that 17-year-old Josh Hutcherson (The
Kids Are All Right) would land the webslinger role, which was originated
on the big screen by Tobey Maguire.