Saturday, July 20, 2013

Andrew Garfield: 'Spider-Man stands for everybody: Gay, straight'; Entertainment Weekly, 7/201/13

Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly; Andrew Garfield: 'Spider-Man stands for everybody: Gay, straight' : "During the Amazing Spider-Man 2 panel at Comic-Con today, one attendee asked Andrew Garfield about comments he made to EW last week about the possibility of Spidey engaging in a gay biracial romance. The attendee explained that, as a gay Asian-American, he found Garfield’s words extremely encouraging, and asked if the star found it hard to openly declare his stance on controversial issues. The Hall H audience cheered the question. Then Garfield responded, and the cheers got louder. “Spider-Man stands for everybody: black, white, Asian, gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual,” Garfield said. “To me, love between two consenting adults is love. To me, that anyone would bat an eyelash at what I said is interesting.""