{"id":19114,"date":"2022-01-12T08:24:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=19114"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:15:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:15:02","slug":"andrew-garfield-was-rejected-in-a-movie-for-not-being-handsome-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/andrew-garfield-was-rejected-in-a-movie-for-not-being-handsome-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Garfield was rejected in a movie for not being &#8220;handsome enough&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andrew Garfield<\/strong> is one of the most beloved actors in <strong>Hollywood<\/strong> who has won the hearts of the public as Peter Parker in &#8220;Spider-Man&#8221;, although they had not considered that the same would happen in &#8220;<strong>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/strong>&#8221; where he was rejected for not being &#8220;<em><strong>handsome enough<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old actor has a long history, however, his role as the <strong>Marvel<\/strong> superhero catapulted him as one of the favorite figures in Hollywood, opening the way to new opportunities after a long period of <strong>unemployment<\/strong>, as he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview for &#8220;<strong>Entertainment Tonight<\/strong>&#8220;, Andrew Garfield recalled a stumbling block in his career when he desperately sought the role as <strong>Prince Caspian<\/strong> in &#8220;The Chronicles of Narnia&#8221;, however, it was obtained by actor <strong>Ben Barnes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1481083553370689538\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andrew Garfield reveals he was a finalist for the role of Prince Caspian in \u2018Chronicles Of Narnia\u2019 but wasn\u2019t chosen for not being \u201chandsome enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The role ultimately went to Ben Barnes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fv8ntFE63C\">pic.twitter.com\/Fv8ntFE63C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1481083553370689538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>I remember being desperate. I auditioned for Prince Caspian in &#8216;The Chronicles of Narnia&#8217; and thought, &#8216;This could be, this could be&#8217;. And that handsome, brilliant actor, Ben Barnes, was the one who got the part.<br \/>\n<br \/> I think It was between him and me, and I remember being obsessed.<\/p>\n<p>C<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;Why not me?&#8217;<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, reflected the interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Finally, fed up with my incessant complaints my agent told me, &#8216;It&#8217;s because they don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re handsome enough, Andrew&#8217;. Ben Barnes is a very handsome and talented man. Looking back, I&#8217;m not unhappy with that decision and I think he did a very good job<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, he concluded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>You may also like: <\/p>\n<p>In addition to being the amazing spider-man, the actor has just been awarded a Golden Globe for his role in &#8220;<strong>tick, tick &#8230; Boom!<\/strong>&#8221; and he also participated in films such as David Fincher&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Social Network<\/strong>&#8220;, Mel Gibson&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Until the Last Man<\/strong>&#8221; or Martin Scorsese&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Silence<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Garfield is one of the most beloved actors in Hollywood who has won the hearts of the public as Peter Parker in &#8220;Spider-Man&#8221;, although they had not considered that the same would happen in &#8220;The Chronicles of Narnia&#8221; where he was rejected for not being &#8220;handsome enough&#8220;. The 38-year-old actor has a long history, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":19119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1399],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}