Andrew Garfield believes that Spider Man is like Shakespeare.
The actor is all set to take on the role of Peter Parker in the re-boot of the franchise and he admits that he thinks comic book stories are just as important as Shakespeare.
Speaking to ContactMusic the actor said: "One of the things about the comic book is it's a mythology, so it's storytelling derived from the Greeks, derived from Shakespeare.
"I think the material is elevated, and it's just as meaningful and just as important as Shakespeare.
The movie looks set to make Garfield a star as he beat off tough competition, it was rumoured the likes of Logan Lerman and Jamie Bell were in the running, to land the part.
And Garfield revealed that he was told about his casting by Sony after a day of interviews to promote his new movie.
"The heads of the studio, the director and the producer called me upstairs and sprung it on me. They were all there with glasses of champagne and smiles and tears. It was a really generous way of telling me.
"I was so surprised when I found out because I could never imagine a childhood dream coming to life. That's not something that's ever gonna happen in reality... I'm still in denial about it."
The Social Network is when we will next see Garfield on the big screen before he goes on to team up with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Never Let Me Go.
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