Meet Andrew Garfield: The new 'Amazing Spider-Man'

New Delhi: Andrew Garfield's Spidey sense is tingling and convincing. Garfield, the latest actor to play Spider-Man, makes people believe he really is a spider - even before he gets into the costume, the new film's director said Monday at the gala British premiere for 'The Amazing Spider-Man.'

The word the producers of the reboot, the director and Garfield's co-stars use to describe him is 'committed.'

Director Marc Webb said he was impressed with the actor's focus, emotional gravitas, comedy chops, and especially the way Garfield conveyed his transformation from teen-ager to spider.

'The Amazing Spiderman' director Marc Webb was full of praise for Irrfan who plays the antagonist Dr Ratha in the film.
Irrfan's star is on the rise. The actor is enjoying rave reviews and not just from his Bollywood buddies. The stills show him in the role of Dr Ratha.
Director Marc Webb said it was some quality in Irrfan's eyes that really impressed him and made him cast him as Dr Ratha.
This praise isn't new for Irrfan. At the time of 'Slumdog Millionaire', its director Danny Boyle was also full of appreciation for his acting skills.
Although Webb isn't too open about the length of Irrfan's role in the next 'Spiderman' installment, he insists that it is a significant role.
Rhys Ifans plays Dr Curt Connors in the upcoming film 'The Amazing Spider-Man'.
As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Dr Curtis Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
The Lizard (Dr Curtis 'Curt' Connors) is a fictional character, a super-villain in the Marvel Comics Universe.
The Amazing Spider-Man is the fourth Columbia Pictures film that portrays Spider-Man in film. A still from the film showing The Lizard.
The story is written by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel comics hero. A still from the film.
The screenplay is by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves.
The film is expected to be released on July 3, 2012.
Directed by Mark Webb, 'The Amazing Spiderman' stars Andrew Garfield as the crime fighting superhero.
Peter Parker is raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May.
Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. A still from the film.
Andrew Garfield replaced Toby Maguire who starred in the last three 'Spiderman' franchise.
The film releases in 3D all over India June 29, a week ahead of the US.
Peter Parker is an unpopular adolescent struggling to find his place in life ever since his parents disappeared when he was a young boy.
Director Marc Webb described the film as "a story about a kid who grows up looking for his father and finds himself."
Sally Field plays the role of May Parker and Martin Sheen will be seen as Ben Parker.
The Spiderman story can be told over and over again without affecting viewer interest, says actress Emma Stone, who plays Peter Parker's love interest Gwen Stacy in the forthcoming film 'The Amazing Spider-Man', the fourth in the popular series.
The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high school kid who was abandoned by his parents as a boy.
Gwen Stacy is Peter Parker's love interest - she replaces Mary Jane (Kristen Dunst) who was the female lead in the last three Spiderman films.
Rhys Ifans plays one of Oscorp's leading scientific minds, who attempts to engineer a revolutionary regeneration serum to help regrow limbs and human tissue.
Something goes wrong and he is transformed into the monster known as the Lizard.
Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field.
Gwen Stacy is the first high school crush of Peter Parker and the first three films trace their disturbed and often stormy romance.
Emma Stone plays the role of Gwen Stacy.
Andrew Garfield plays Peter Parker and his alter ego - Spiderman.

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Meet Andrew Garfield: The Amazing Spider-Man

The film also tackles Peter Parker\'s love story with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy.

"He was so committed to the physical dimension of the character, like he really was focused on feeling like a spider was taking over him and keeping that DNA alive and every time I would see him, his elbow would be moving a certain way and he was embodying the, like he really was, it felt like he was being taken over by a spider - and when he got in the suit it really paid a lot of dividends," he explained.

The 28-year-old Garfield said he didn't go as far as method acting.

"I don't know what that word means, but I definitely was dedicated to it and wanted to make sure that we did our job as well as possible and made sure that the character is served in the way that it should be," he said.

One of the ways in which he devoted himself to becoming Peter Parker and his alter-ego, Spider-Man, was following an intense fitness regimen for six months, six days a week, plus three months of rehearsals and training for his stunt work.

Co-star Emma Stone thinks Garfield's love of the superhero since he was 3 years old makes "his dedication and protection of the character totally apparent throughout the movie."

'The Amazing Spider-Man' follows the original story of Peter Parker, the orphan boy who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and gains unusual powers, and is the fourth film in the series.

The franchise reboot tells the story of how Parker - a teenager with a chip on his shoulder, raised by his aunt and uncle - tries to discover what happened to his parents and faces off with his father's former research partner, Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), in the form of his villainous alter ego, The Lizard.

The film also tackles Parker's love story with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy, whose father is the very police captain tasked with catching Spider-Man.

Martin Sheen and Sally Field play Parker's well-meaning uncle and aunt, who do their best to keep him from going off the rails.

Garfield was keen to follow their guidance - as actors and mentors.

"They're incredible, they're just fine actors, and people who live well and live purely and with love, and that's very inspiring because you know it's rare that you find someone who's not only a fantastic actor but a fantastically beautiful person," Garfield says, noting he took "more life advice than acting advice" from them.

'The Amazing Spider-Man' in 3D opens on July 3 in U.K. theaters.