The AP had a little chat with our newest, friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) at the Toronto International Film Festival. Garfield talked a bit more about the role of Peter Parker in the Marc Webb directed, Untitled Spider-Man Reboot.

Garfield spoke about how he relates to the character:

“His youth, his relatability, his struggle. He was just this skinny boy. He was a skinny boy who felt stronger on the inside than he looked on the outside, and I related to it immediately, and it stayed with me as I grew up. Every single generation of the comic, the cartoons and the movies, it all means a great deal to me. It was always something that gave me hope as a skinny little kid whose sense of injustice about the world didn’t match his sense of strength about his body. I found it so inspiring and uplifting and reassuring. To be a part of that mythology and that legacy is a true honor.”

Andrew Garfield was at the film festival promoting his latest movie Never Let Me Go, and his co-star Carey Mulligan (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Drive) gave Garfield high praise and has confidence in what he will bring to the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man:

“Those big superhero films or comic films only ever work when the actors are completely truthful. If they go in with a stylized, comic book version of the performance, it’s not going to work. But I know that Andrew will play the truth of what it’s like to be that man in that situation. I think it’ll be like what Heath Ledger did with the Joker,” she added. “Andrew, he has no other way of working other than doing things with complete truth.”

The currently Untitled Spider-Man Reboot comes to theaters July 3rd, 2012

[Source] AP