Nicolas Cage has revealed his favorite live-action Spider-Man... and it's probably not who you were expecting, either.
"I thought Andrew Garfield was a really great Spider-Man," Cage told Complex. "I thought he did a terrific job. He's a marvelous actor. For all the younger Peter Parker Spider-Men, he was the one that I thought was really quite something to watch. I would put Garfield as, in my view, the best Spider-Man in cinema." You can watch the clip below.
Personally, I love Garfield's Spider-Man... I just think most people tend to list Tobey Maguire as the GOAT when it comes to the current lineup of live-action Spideys, with Tom Holland coming in second. It's also a surprising pick given how universally hated The Amazing Spider-Man 2 seems to be (with Invincible creator Robert Kirkman even going as far as to trash the movie during press for the Prime Video show's latest season).
Nicolas Cage just picked the GOAT Spider-Man 👀 pic.twitter.com/ogDtMY2SLKMay 28, 2026
Cage has always had a deep love for superheroes, starting with legally changing his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage, after Marvel superhero Luke Cage. After his Tim Burton Superman dreams were dashed, he went on to play Ghost Rider across three pre-MCU movies, and now plays two different iterations of Spider-Noir, one in the animated Spider-Verse series and one in the new Prime Video show of the same name... which is so, so good.
The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are streaming now on Disney Plus. You can stream all of Spider-Noir on Prime Video now. For more on the show, check out our Spider-Noir ending explained or our guide on how to watch Spider-Noir in black and white.
