Lin-Manuel Miranda claims he had a hunch Andrew Garfield would be making a surprise appearance in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” long before anyone else did. Speaking on “The Tonight Show,” Miranda described how Garfield had tried (and failed) to keep his “No Way Home” role a secret on the set of “Tick, Tick … Boom!” Miranda told Jimmy Fallon, “The day [the news] leaked he might be involved, he was on my set. And, between shots, I kind of quietly went over to him and was like, ‘Andrew, are you in the new Spider-Man?’ His exact reaction was, ‘What?! Shut up! Shut up! Hahaha! Shut up!'”
Miranda didn’t find Garfield very convincing. “I walked away thinking, ‘Oh, he’s in the new Spider-Man,'” Miranda laughed. While he was positive Garfield would be in “No Way Home,” Miranda got a kick out of watching him deny the rumor in the press over the next several months. “When I saw him on your show, he was a total pro at denying [the rumors],” Miranda told the host. “He had to get there.”
So, the question that remains: Is this the last time we’ll see Garfield as Spider-Man? Garfield told Variety that he’s open to returning in a more permanent way — but only if the role focused on Parker’s working-class roots. “If there was an opportunity to step back in and tell more of that story, I would have to feel very sure and certain in myself.”
