Last week Sony announced they finally cast the new Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield is to portray Peter Parker in the upcoming reboot.
He beat out other up-and-coming actors for the role, including Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek and Terminator Salvation), Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson), and Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot and Jumper). Garfield appeared in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and Lions for Lambs, and is playing Edwardo in the upcoming The Social Network.
While this new superhero role is a big break for the rising actor, Sony is certainly making him work his way up the web, er, ladder. Garfield is set to earn $500,000 for his first Spider-Man film. In comparison, Tobey Maguire made $4 million for Spider-Man, and even more for the other two parts of the trilogy. Before we start pitying Garfield too much for his mere $500k, keep in mind he should earn $1 million for a sequel, and $2 million for a second sequel.
It will be interesting to see what Andrew Garfield and director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) can do with this reboot. But I'll take anything that can erase Spider-Man 3 from my memory.
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