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Andrew Garfield says he missed out on 'Narnia' role because he was told he 'wasn’t handsome enough'
Andrew Garfield has revealed that he wasn't cast in The Chronicles of Narnia because he "wasn't handsome enough".
The Spider-Man star recently reflected on his audition to play Prince Caspian in 2008's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, with the role eventually going to Ben Barnes.
"I remember I was so desperate," Garfield told Entertainment Tonight. "I auditioned for Prince Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia and I thought, 'This could be it, this could be it.'
"And that handsome, brilliant actor Ben Barnes ended up getting the role. I think it was down to me and him, and I remember I was obsessed."
Garfield then recalled asking his agent why he hadn't been cast, saying: "She eventually just broke under my incessant nagging and she was like, 'It's because they don't think you’re handsome enough, Andrew.'
"Ben Barnes is a very handsome, talented man. So in retrospect, I'm not unhappy with the decision and I think he did a beautiful job."
It comes as Garfield revealed just how fun it was to repeatedly lie about his secret role in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Garfield and fellow former Spider-Man actor Tobey Maguire's appearance in Tom Holland's latest wall-crawling installment may have been the worst kept secret in Hollywood history - but that didn't stop fans from losing their minds when they both finally stepped through their respective portals and into the MCU.
It was a moment of fan service and decades-long storytelling that will truly go down in movie history. And despite many fans fearing that Garfield and Maguire would simply pop in for a cameo, the pair actually played a pivotal role in the second half of the movie.
Speaking to The Wrap, the actor revealed: "It was rather stressful but also weirdly enjoyable. It was like this massive game of Werewolf that I was playing with journalists and with people guessing, and it was very fun."
Garfield added that the end result was being able to give people a "thrill" in the movie theater, although he did also say that he'll miss playing Werewolf with every Spider-Man fan in the world.
Following the release of No Way Home, Garfield has also revealed the one scene that "sold" him on returning as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.