
Regardless of your personal ranking of the Spider-Man movies, there’s no denying that Spider-Man: No Way Home stands out among the rest for bringing three live-action versions of Peter Parker together. Tom Holland’s Peter (Peter 1) joined forces with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s versions of the character (Peter 2 and Peter 3) in the latter half of the movie against foes Green Goblin, Electro, Sandman and Lizard. Not only did this make for an epic superhero team-up, but it also produced a funny sequence between the three Peter actors that was heavily improvised, one part of which surprised Garfield.
The sequence I’m talking about comes during No Way Home’s third act, where the Peters are breaking down their unique experiences as Spider-Man in the respective universes while preparing for the final battle. Andrew Garfield reflected on filming this portion of the 2021 superhero movie while speaking with Hits Radio, saying: