Spider-Man: No Way Home's Andrew Garfield made it to the final two for the role of The Chronicles of Narnia's Prince Caspian but was unsuccessful because he wasn't considered handsome enough for the role.

"I auditioned for Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, and I thought, 'This could be it, this could be it,'" Garfield recalled in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, "and that handsome, brilliant actor, Ben Barnes ended up getting the role. I think it was down to me and him and I remember like, I was obsessed, I was obsessed, I was like, 'Why not, why not me, why not me?' And I was saying to my agent, 'Just tell me, tell me straight, tell me straight,' and she was like protecting me and doing all of this stuff."

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Eventually, Garfield's agent told him the true reason why he wasn't cast. "I was like, 'No, why not me, why not me, why not me,' and she eventually just broke under my incessant nagging," he recalled. "She was like, 'It was because they don't think you're handsome enough, Andrew.' And Ben Barnes is a very handsome, talented man."

Released in 2008, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was the second in a series of big screen adaptations of C.S. Lewis' books and came two years before Garfield's breakthrough performances in Never Let Me Go and The Social Network. Garfield was cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Marc Webb's 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man, reprising the role in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and eventually again in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home. Barnes would also go on to play a Marvel character, starring as the villainous Billy Russo/Jigsaw in both seasons of Marvel's The Punisher.

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Despite the long period of time between his outings as Peter Parker, Garfield would be open to returning to the Spider-Man franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe once more "if it felt right." Garfield points to Parker's working-class roots, his service to the community and his empathetic nature as aspects of the character he'd be keen to explore again. He explained, "I would try to borrow Peter Parker's ethical framework in that, if there was an opportunity to step back in and tell more of that story, I would have to feel very sure and certain in myself." Fans of the franchise have also been vocal in their desire to see Garfield in the role again, particularly in a potential The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

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