Garfield told Amy Adams in Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors’ series in November 2016 that scoring the role aged 27 was “dangerous”.
Garfield had just arrived in Rio, and said he had sickness caused by jetlag and would be unable to attend.
Sony boss Kaz Hirai was due to announce The Amazing Spider-Man 3, due for release in July 2017, in a speech made in front of 750 guests.
Andrew Garfield has commented on the hacked Sony email from May 2015 that implied he may have been ‘let go’ from the Spider-Man film franchise after failing to appear at an event to promote it.