Andrew Garfield is making huge waves with his recent debut in the Lin-Manuel Miranda directed movie musical Tick, Tick… Boom! for which Garfield recently won a Golden Globe.
He's also reviving his role as Spider-Man in one of the highest grossing movies ever, Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Garfield may have plenty of success now, but he wasn't always this lucky.
Remember the 2006 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe franchise?
Well, according to Entertainment Tonight, Garfield said producers didn't think he was "handsome enough" to snag a role in the failed Narnia series.
Garfield said:
“I remember I was so desperate. 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 was desperate for answers when he didn't get the role and begged his agent for answers:
“She eventually just broke under my incessant nagging and she was like, ‘It’s because they don’t think you’re handsome enough, Andrew'.”
Andrew Garfield auditioned for the role of Prince Caspian in Disney\u2019s \u2018THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA\u2019 adaption but was told that he wasn\u2019t handsome enough for the role. \n\n(Source: @etnow)pic.twitter.com/Lf9NsCjKkm— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) 1641919180
Garfield added:
"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.”
Though, fans of Garfield were there to hype him back up.
What an Lpic.twitter.com/7gFqQbwYcq— DriiftyFilm \ud83d\udcaf (@DriiftyFilm \ud83d\udcaf) 1641920885
Seriously?? \nBut Andrew is FINE https://twitter.com/amurkymuc/status/1480944144247783426?t=PBigA64fVcmiYM7yEVBhjA&s=19\u00a0\u2026— \ud83c\udf51\ud83d\udd25 (@\ud83c\udf51\ud83d\udd25) 1641921747
Say what now ?pic.twitter.com/tP90KHp8ID— Roderick Hare (@Roderick Hare) 1641919543
*Everyone to the casting director*pic.twitter.com/hivGzMhA18— Vonssy (@Vonssy) 1641919970
HE WAS TOLD WHAT— sabrina \ud83e\udd87 (@sabrina \ud83e\udd87) 1641919267
Disney L— swshriv \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udde6 | Mysterio (@swshriv \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udde6 | Mysterio) 1641919200
\u201cnot handsome enough\u201d?pic.twitter.com/BXGmK4EVDI— brenton (@brenton) 1641919341
When I interviewed him 10 years ago, he talked about casting directors who had told him he needed to "fix" his chin or his eyebrows or ears, and other nonsense. I hope he can laugh about it now, but it obviously hurt him at the time.— James Sanford (@James Sanford) 1641915841
Pure madness. First of all he's really attractive and it's obvious that this is not a fringe opinion! Secondly, why are they casting based on appearance anyway? We want the best actors. Ridiculous industry.— Claudia Boleyn BA \ud83c\udf39Socialist\ud83c\udf39\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f (@Claudia Boleyn BA \ud83c\udf39Socialist\ud83c\udf39\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f) 1641936764
Just saw Andrew Garfield auditioned for Prince Caspian in Narnia but was turned down. YOU'RE TELLING ME I COULD'VE SEEN ANDREW GARFIELD MUCH EARLIER IN MY LIFE AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!pic.twitter.com/32uJ5bopDV— Rehana (@Rehana) 1642016427
Even though Narnia won't be on Garfield's resume, his credits include John Crowley’s 2007 drama Boy A, The Other Boelyn Girl and Never Let Me Go. Those roles lead to The Social Network, Martin Scorsese’s Silence and two Spider-Man films.
It may have hurt him back then, but it sure didn't stop his success.
