Andrew Garfield has called The Amazing Spider Man audition process the most 'pressure filled and dramatic' he has ever been involved with.
The British actor is set to take over the role of Peter Parker this summer as the popular Spider Man franchise is given a re-boot.
Garfield saw off competition from the likes of Jamie Bell and he admits that pair shared dinner before the big screen test.
Speaking to V-Man magazine the actor said: "It was pretty basic, apart from it being more dragged out and pressure-filled and dramatic than any other audition process I've ever been through.
"They like to put you through the ringer, in the respect that it creates drama and tension among a generation of actors.
"And they succeed every time, it seems. But, no, it was great. I'm friends with a few of the guys who were up for it, and I actually had dinner with Jamie [Bell] the night of my screen test and his screen test.
"We compared notes and war stories, and we kind of got past the ridiculousness of it all and thought it would be a nice idea to get everyone together and kind of interview each other about how messed up the process is, being against each other, and remember that we're all in it together, knowing that when you take off that bodysuit someone else is going to be stepping into your sweat immediately after."
The Amazing Spider Man is the first blockbuster project that Garfield has starred in and he is joined on the cast list by Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Sally Field and Martin Sheen
The Amazing Spider Man is released 4th July