Andrew Garfield Says, ‘I Had to Work Very Hard to Have Less People Ask Questions About Spider-Man’ at Marrakech Festival Press Conference

While at the Marrakech Film Festival where he’s serving on Luca Guadagnino’s jury alongside Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield said he’s “had to work very hard to have less people ask questions about “Spider-Man.”

“I’m still working on it, obviously. It’s an imperfect process,” he quipped, as he had just been asked a question about his work on the superhero franchise.

Garfield said he was nevertheless “grateful for that time” because “it allowed [him] to maybe have an easier shot at working with people like Martin Scorsese straight after.”

“I think Marty probably was able to get a passion project made with a guy who played Spider-Man in the lead to play a Jesuit priest in the 1600s of Japan. The fact that that film got made with the help of Spider-Man is a beautiful thing,” Garfield said, referring to Scorsese’s 2016 film “Silence.”

Guadagnino, who kicked off the Marrakech Film Festival last night with a tribute to his Moroccan roots and love for the city, followed Garfield’s remarks on the super-hero franchise and unexpectedly said he found “Spider-Man” to be a “fascinating superhero.”

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“I remember when Sam Raimi directed his first one, and I was 28 or 29, I had these dreams because I’m kind of a megalomaniac, and I wished had been asked to do a one. So I wish I had directed you in Spider-Man,” Guadagnino said, looking at Garfield who was seating on his left. Guadagnino did just direct Garfield in the thriller “After the Hunt,” also starring Julia Roberts.

Garfield also talked about the making of “After the Hunt,” saying “Luca and myself, we’ve been trying to work together for 15 years, and finally, we managed to this summer.” “Some of the greatest experiences of my life have been having my consciousness blown apart by how other cultures create,” he said, also referring to his work with “Japanese actors in ‘Silence” and with Iranian director Ramin Barhani (who directed him in “99 Homes”). “We all long to live as many lives as possible and touch as much of the world as possible and as much of life as possible,” Garfield continued.

Elordi also said he aspired to work with international filmmakers like Guadagnino. Although there’s been persistent rumors he was going to star Guadagnino’s new “American Psycho” movie, Elordi wouldn’t confirm and said “That’s news to me” with a smile before looking and nodding at Guadagnino.

“I would work with a filmmaker from every country in the world. Cinema is this grand universal language, and I’ve barely even learned how to say hello,” said Elordi. “My dream is to work with all kinds of filmmakers and human beings and kinds of films.”

More to come.