- Actor Andrew Garfield told the YouTube music show Track Star, in an episode released on 2 September 2026, that Fela Kuti's music shaped his Spider-Man.
- Garfield said the way he moved in the Spider-Man suit drew on Fela, and that Fela's revolutionary politics gave Peter Parker a justice-seeking streak.
- A clip of the interview spread on Nigerian social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026; the full episode is free to watch on YouTube in Nigeria.
Andrew Garfield credits Fela Kuti for how his Spider-Man moved
The Oscar-nominated actor says a Fela playlist shaped his body language and sense of justice as Peter Parker. He said it on Track Star in early September; the clip hit Nigerian timelines on Tuesday.
Andrew Garfield has credited Fela Kuti for the way his Spider-Man moved. The British-American actor told the music show Track Star that he made a playlist for the role and that Nigeria's Afrobeat pioneer ended up at the centre of it. Garfield said he started listening to Fela when he first got the part. "There was something about the sound…