Andrew Garfield addresses ‘Spider-Man’ Oscars snub: “Making a film that an awarding body loves is a miracle”
nme.comAndrew Garfield has spoken out over Spider-Man: No Way Home being largely snubbed at this year’s Oscars, saying he is “satisfied” by the huge audience response.The Marvel blockbuster was released to huge success late last year, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2021 and the sixth highest-grossing of all time.Studio Sony Pictures subsequently threw their weight behind an Academy Awards campaign for Best Picture, though the film ended up only landing a Visual Effects nod.Addressing the ‘snub’, Garfield – who reprised his role as Peter Parker in No Way Home – told The Daily Telegraph: “I don’t know.
I mean, it’s the sixth biggest movie in the history of movies.“Making a film that a gajillion people want to see together is a miracle.
Making a film that an awarding body loves is also a miracle.”He added: “Sometimes those miracles overlap, and sometimes they don’t.
But I personally feel pretty satisfied with the audience response. I think that’s plenty.”Speaking further of this year’s awards, in which he landed a Best Actor nomination for Tick, Tick… BOOM!, Garfield added: “Honestly, how some people vote is none of my business.
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