Emma Stone Says Working With Ex-Boyfriend Andrew Garfield Was a 'Special Time'

THE RUNDOWN

• Emma Stone shared more about meeting Andrew Garfield for the first time.
• The pair dated from 2011 to 2015.
• They remain close friends.

On Thursday, Emma Stone offered some rare comments on her former relationship with actor Andrew Garfield, who she met on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man. The pair dated for about four years beginning in 2011 and seemingly remain good friends.

Stone shared insight into their connection during her Vogue’s Life in Looks interview, looking at former ensembles and reflecting on where she was in life during that time. In the Spider-Man films, Stone played Gwen Stacy, the love interest of Garfield’s character, Peter Parker, otherwise known as Spider-Man. One photo presented to Stone was from the 2014 London premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, in which she is wearing a bright yellow Versace dress.

After seeing the outfit, Stone said, “I mean, I really loved doing Spider-Man. I loved everyone I worked with. I met Andrew there. I met Sally Field and Marc Webb was wonderful. It was really a special time in my life.”

She continued, “The recurring theme is the people, more than kind of like the film itself, is what sticks with me for so long. And so I have only like the fondest memories of this whole experience.”

She did add that the press tours were not her favorite part of doing the movies.

“I don’t really know how people do it,” she said. “I remember it being like nine countries in maybe two weeks, and you’re functioning in a state of jet lag never previously known to you. I felt truly psychotic the entire time.”

Garfield has also talked warmly about Stone and his time as Spider-Man, telling Variety in 2021, “It was only beautiful. I got to meet Emma [Stone] and work with her and Sally Field.”

In Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast in 2022, Garfield also talked about how Stone guessed he would make a surprise appearance in the Tom Holland-led film, Spider-Man: No Way Home.

“Emma kept on texting me. She was like, ‘Are you in this new ‘Spider-Man’ film?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about!’ Garfield claimed. “She was like, ‘Shut up, just tell me,’ And like, I honestly… I kept it going, even with her, it’s hilarious. And then she saw it and was like, ‘You’re a jerk!’”

Garfield is currently dating Monica Barbaro and Stone went on to marry husband Dave McCary.