I convinced the part of me that puts pressure on myself that it wasn’t needed and that we were just gonna go and have a laugh.' I was able to trick my ego to be occupied in a corner. You get to make it up as you go along, and it’s about the joy of being this character. I gave myself an acting adjustment, I suppose, which was: you’re a 15-year-old and you’re making a Spider-Man short film with mates.

'Because I was so nervous and wanted it so much, I figured out a way of doing the screen test.

The trick worked, and Garfield went on to become a spectacular Spider-Man. Garfield then went on to explain that he was very nervous - with the actor being known to love the character since he was a kid - so he decided to pretend to himself that the audition was just for a Spider-Man short film with friends, to ease off the pressure. The Spider-Man actor was asked how was his original audition for the role.

Marvel has shared a few snippets from the upcoming book Spider-Man No Way Home: The Official Movie Special, which revealed Garfield's special trick to secure the title role in The Amazing Spider-Man.

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