‘I did not get a call’: Andrew Garfield swears he’s not in next ‘Spider-Man’ movie

Upcoming Marvel movie “Spider-Man: No Way Home� will have appearances from past and present actors from the franchise. But it won’t have a cameo from Andrew Garfield, so he says.

“For the record … you are not, as of this taping, in or have any knowledge of being in the next Spider-Man movie?� Josh Horowitz, host of the “Happy Sad Confused� podcast, asked the actor in an interview that aired Tuesday.

Garfield, who played Spider-Man in “The Amazing Spider-Man� and its sequel, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,� set the record straight.

“I did not get a call,� he answered. “Listen, I would have gotten a call by now, that’s what I’m saying. I don’t want to rule anything out. Maybe they want to call me and say, like, ‘Hey, people want this.’�

Rumors of a possible appearance were spun after past “Spider-Man cast members were asked to reprise their roles, including Alfred Molina (Doctor Octopus in 2004’s “Spider-Man 2�) and Jamie Foxx (Electro in 2014’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2�).

And since Marvel Studios is no stranger to crossovers — 2018’s animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse� had six spider-powered heroes — not to mention alternative universes or rewritings of timelines, fans began to speculate.

Tom Holland, the franchise’s current Spider-Man, denied the rumors that Garfield and Tobey Maguire (the first actor to play the superhero in a major motion picture as the star of “Spider-Man,� “Spider-Man 2� and “Spider-Man 3�) were in “No Way Home.�

“It would be amazing if they were [in the film] because they haven’t told me that yet,� Holland said in an episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.� “I am Spider-Man, and I’ve read the script from beginning to the end, so it’ll be a miracle if they could have kept that from me. But at the moment, there is no cameo from the two boys.�

Garfield is also trying to debunk those rumors, even if people refuse to believe him.

“Have you ever played the game werewolf or mafia?� Garfield asked Horowitz, referring to games where people play the roles of deceptive characters. “You’re convincing everyone that you are not the Mafia. I feel like I am in a game of [expletive] werewolf or mafia where I’m like, ‘I’m not the werewolf. I promise you I am not the werewolf.’ And everyone is like, ‘You’re the werewolf.’�

Fans are not that easily convinced. Given Marvel’s reputation for secrecy, many believe the movie studio has something up its sleeve.

Here are a few reactions to Garfield’s interview on the “Happy Sad Confused� podcast.