Andrew Garfield wasn't prepared for the scrutiny that Spider-Man would bring
The role of Peter Parker proved a bit of a double-edged sword
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A new profile of Andrew Garfield in Esquire spends a lot of time grappling with how much he doesn’t like fame. Sometimes he insists to people on the street that he’s not Andrew Garfield; he says he’s not sure he’ll ever have kids because of how the scrutiny on his life is. These are difficult woes to have if you’re a Hollywood actor, but he couldn’t have known the true extremity of fame until being cast in The Amazing Spider-Man.