What Happened To Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker After Amazing Spider-Man 2

The ending of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was pretty bleak for Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker following Gwen’s death. Here’s what happened to him after.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home.

What happened to Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker after The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Garfield reprised his role as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which also brought back Tobey Maguire’s iteration of the web-slinging superhero to battle the likes of Doctor Octopus and Green Goblin.

Spider-Man: No Way Home formally brought Garfield’s Peter Parker into the multiverse, bridging the worlds of Sony’s Spider-Man universe (which includes the Venom movies) and the MCU. His version of Spider-Man was last seen failing to save his girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) from Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), who was transformed into the Green Goblin. Garfield’s Peter is later called to aid Tom Holland’s Spider-Man in No Way Home after a spell gone awry breaks open the multiverse and brings over the people who know Spidey’s identity.

Spider-Man: No Way Home offers more than a few reveals about the state of Garfield’s Peter and how he carried on following Gwen’s death. Was he more or less thriving like Maguire’s Spider-Man despite everything? The short answer is no. Luckily, Spider-Man: No Way Home provides a more in-depth answer regarding his story, headspace, and where he could be heading after returning to his own universe. Here’s exactly what happened to Garfield’s Spider-Man after his final solo movie and how his journey parallels that of Tom Holland’s Peter.

How The Amazing Spider-Man’s Ended Andrew Garfield’s Spidey Story

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 saw Peter Parker nearly giving up being the superhero following the death of his girlfriend Gwen Stacy. He was wracked with guilt after being unable to save her from her fatal fall. For months after her death, Peter was subdued and inconsolable, abandoning being Spider-Man altogether. However, Peter drew inspiration from Gwen’s valedictorian speech, in which she wrote about having hope in the darkest days and holding onto it no matter what. Feeling a bit rejuvenated by her words, Peter dons the suit once more to fight the villain Rhino (Paul Giamatti) at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The ending offered a glimpse into Spider-Man’s life in the aftermath of so many losses — that there would be a light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks to Spider-Man: No Way Home, fans know the bright spots in this version of Spidey’s life didn’t really last very long.

What Happened To Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker After Amazing Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man: No Way Home depicts Garfield’s version of the character in a rather unexpected way. He’s still mourning the loss of Gwen and can’t seem to move on from the guilt and sorrow that are so closely tied with what happened. Peter is barely keeping it together. He’s got no friends, no new girlfriend, and he’s always sad. What’s more, Garfield’s Spider-Man is more rageful and bitter than ever before; he still swings across New York and does his due diligence as a superhero, but it’s without the same heart and hope as before. Spider-Man is basically stuck, unable to move forward because he can’t let go of the past or his role in what happened to Gwen.

The character is closer in depiction to the Peter Parker from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is to say he’s rather down on his luck and not very enthusiastic about being a superhero as he was when he first started out. To that end, he’s also a representation of what Holland’s Spider-Man could become if he lets the grief and sorrow overpower him. The foundation for that was already being laid in Spider-Man: No Way Home — Aunt May’s death sent Peter to a hopeless place, and then he had to lose his best friend and girlfriend because they couldn’t remember who he was. The journey for Garfield’s Spider-Man following the ending of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is essentially a cautionary tale for Holland’s iteration of the character.

What No Way Home Reveals About Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man

Garfield’s Peter doesn’t seem to have much support in his world, which explains why he went down a darker path and couldn’t find it in himself to emerge as hopeful as before. Spider-Man: No Way Home paints Garfield’s version of the superhero as being at rock bottom, a shadow of his former self (and just a tiny bit lame). He needs a lot of affirmations — like when Maguire’s Peter tells him repeatedly how “amazing” he is — and coaxing, often seeming a bit more insecure than either of his superhero counterparts.

Considering how much of Spider-Man’s story is clouded by Gwen’s death in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: No Way Home gives Garfield’s Peter a redemption arc of sorts. It also brought him back to life in more ways than one. The MCU film reignites the spark he lost and even gives him a major, life-changing hero moment by allowing him to save MJ after she falls from the Statue of Liberty. Saving her gives Spider-Man some closure after what happened with Gwen. It’s a loaded and emotional moment that also shows him he’s still a hero despite everything; he’s capable of doing good and having hope instead of functioning on autopilot. Saving MJ (Zendaya) in Spider-Man: No Way Home redeems him because he’s gone so long believing he’s a complete and utter failure. It’s why the moment is simultaneously poignant and full of light for the future of Garfield’s Peter.

What’s more, working with his superhero counterparts also gave Spider-Man a major boost of confidence. For the first time in a long time, he had a support system and people he could rely on who knew his secret. Seeing what the other two iterations of Spider-Man were capable of served as a reminder of what he could do as well. Helping to cure the Lizard and Electro (which is something he was nowhere close to doing in The Amazing Spider-Man 2), thereafter telling him he wasn’t a nobody, showed Peter he could still do great things as a superhero. It rekindled his inspiration in the world around him as well. Taking a page from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: No Way Home did for Garfield’s character what Miles Morales did for an older, embittered, angry Peter Parker. Garfield’s Spider-Man really, truly needed a win and he was finally able to get a few, which brought him some peace and closure in the process.

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