"Spider-Man" star Andrew Garfield allegedly became a real-life bad guy when he ditched an Oscars segment with a leukemia-stricken 5-year-old boy, according to the New York Post.
During a dress rehearsal attended by Miles Scott -- who warmed hearts worldwide as "Batkid" last November after the Make-A-Wish Foundation arranged for him to dress up as "Batman" and fight crime in San Francisco -- Garfield reportedly balked at his lines for the superheroes presentation and began improvising them, a source told Page Six.
Producers objected and Garfield stormed off the set, leaving Scott and his family "devastated," the source reportedly said. The piece was cut Sunday, March 2, just hours before the Academy Awards broadcast. Producers reportedly paid for Scott and his family to go to Disneyland for their trouble.
The Hollywood Reporter painted a more innocent picture of events, saying that the segment didn't gel as originally planned. "Basically, because of the fluid nature of live TV production, ultimately the segment didn't work," an Academy spokesperson told the trade outlet.
Scott's mom, Natalie Scott, expressed bewilderment. “I don’t know if they ran out of time, of if there was something about the segment they didn’t like,” she told the International Business Times. “It got pulled so quickly that we didn’t have a lot of insight into what was going on.”
The Huffington Post has reached out to Garfield's rep for a comment and will update the story if we hear back.
Check out the New York Post for the details about "egotistical actor Andrew Garfield."
During a dress rehearsal attended by Miles Scott -- who warmed hearts worldwide as "Batkid" last November after the Make-A-Wish Foundation arranged for him to dress up as "Batman" and fight crime in San Francisco -- Garfield reportedly balked at his lines for the superheroes presentation and began improvising them, a source told Page Six.
Producers objected and Garfield stormed off the set, leaving Scott and his family "devastated," the source reportedly said. The piece was cut Sunday, March 2, just hours before the Academy Awards broadcast. Producers reportedly paid for Scott and his family to go to Disneyland for their trouble.
The Hollywood Reporter painted a more innocent picture of events, saying that the segment didn't gel as originally planned. "Basically, because of the fluid nature of live TV production, ultimately the segment didn't work," an Academy spokesperson told the trade outlet.
Scott's mom, Natalie Scott, expressed bewilderment. “I don’t know if they ran out of time, of if there was something about the segment they didn’t like,” she told the International Business Times. “It got pulled so quickly that we didn’t have a lot of insight into what was going on.”
The Huffington Post has reached out to Garfield's rep for a comment and will update the story if we hear back.
Check out the New York Post for the details about "egotistical actor Andrew Garfield."
