Spider-Noir Star Nicolas Cage Thinks This Is The Best Spider-Man Actor

Even though "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was a franchise-killing box office success, Andrew Garfield's version of the character has earned a great deal of love over the years. Even if the movies he was in didn't always do him any favors, many fans have come to appreciate what he did with Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Garfield's presence and redemption is a big reason why "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was a hugely profitable movie, taking in more than $1.9 billion at the box office. Anyone in a theater on opening weekend knows that audiences went nuts when Garfield's Spider-Man first emerges on screen.

There was this sense that everyone was rooting for him, knowing that a good actor got a raw deal the first time around. It turns out, Garfield has an admirer in Nicolas Cage as well. That's no small thing, as Cage is a noted comic book fan, an Oscar-winner, and an actor known for making bold, interesting choices. Earning praise from him is no small thing, especially since Cage also voices a version of Spider-Man Noir in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," one of the most beloved movies in the entire franchise.

As for "Spider-Noir," the series is set in the 1930s and tells the story of Ben Reilly (Cage), a down on his luck private investigator in New York. He is forced to grapple with his past life in the aftermath of a personal tragedy as the city's lone superhero. Whether or not we're going to see Garfield suit up as Spidey again remains to be seen. Garfield is open to playing Spider-Man again, under the right conditions.

The ball is really in Sony and/or Marvel Studios' court at this point. "Spider-Noir" Season 1 is streaming now on Prime Video.