With the recent casting announcement of Andrew Garfield as the next Peter Parker in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, most people’s reactions seem to boil down to this: “Oh yeah that guy Andrew Garfield!...wait…who the hell is Andrew Garfield?” Obviously this reaction is completely legitimate, as he is all but a complete unknown. But I am here to excitedly report that 2010 has the potential to bring the name Andrew Garfield into every film lover’s home, and not just because he will soon be swinging his webs across screens worldwide come 2012.
Where you already know him from:
Garfield did not just appear out of thin air, but his is the unique kind of early career that has been lauded by critics but gone nowhere near the radar of the masses (other examples of this include Emily Blunt or Sam Worthington). His name first started being tossed around in 2007, when he starred in the film ‘Boy A’ for which he won a BAFTA. Later that year, he appeared in the Robert Redford film ‘Lions for Lambs,’ his first Hollywood film.
Then, in 2009, his career reached a new plane with the film series ‘Red Riding’, a sequence of crime dramas in which Garfield played a detective investigating one crime over the course of 9 years, separated into 3 films taking place in 1974, 1980, and 1983. Next came the beginnings of a break in Terry Gilliam’s 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. As of right now, this seems to be where most people recognize his name from.
Potential Breakthrough:
2010 is going to be a big year for Garfield. Not only has his name just been announced for Spider-Man, but he is soon to be seen starring alongside Oscar darlings Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley in the film ‘Never Let Me Go.’ The film is already sitting under the early Oscar spotlight, and could hold some promise for all actors involved, Garfield included. If all goes well, this could be his breakthrough role, meaning that by the time Spider-Man actually does come out, he won’t be such an ‘unknown’ anymore. Who knows, perhaps he’ll have the coveted “Academy Award Nominee” prefix to his name.
At any rate, fans concerned about this ‘reboot’ have nothing to worry about. They wouldn’t have cast an no-name unless it was a name worth knowing.
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