Andrew Garfield has announced that he is stepping away from acting for "a while".
The news comes as the 38-year-old actor has enjoyed an incredibly successful year on the big screen.
Back in December, Marvel fans rejoiced as Garfield reprised his role as the New York web-slinger in the highly-anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home. And last month, he received a nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his role as Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick, Tick... Boom!
However, in a recent interview with Variety, Garfield has revealed that he is "going to rest for a little bit."
Speaking to the publication, the Amazing Spider-Man star explained: "I need to recalibrate and reconsider what I want to do next and who I want to be and just be a bit of a person for a while. Because as you know, that is a washing machine, that awards season."
He added: "I need to just be a bit ordinary for a while."
Garfield's comments come three years after the death of his mom, Lynn, who passed away in 2019 following her battle with pancreatic cancer.
Earlier this year, Garfield explained to Channel 4 News' Jackie Long how the loss of his mom had resorted in his world getting "rearranged".
"It is very very difficult. I think with a loss like that the world gets rearranged and I say that knowing I am not unique in that experience," he told Long, adding: "It's so strange because it feels very unique when it is happening, it feels like, 'Oh my god, I’m the only person that’s ever lost their mother', because it does feel so lonely and precise."
He continued: "It feels just like a precise agony and for a period of time I didn’t want to, and I wasn’t able to, do anything.
"I was kind of wasted and the world didn’t make sense, and it still doesn’t, because I miss her greatly, and I hope it never makes sense because I always want to miss her."
Garfield's next upcoming role is in the upcoming FX on Hulu series, Under the Banner of Heaven, which hits the platform on April 28.
