Andrew Garfield Says Robert Redford Was Four Hours Late to His First Film

On Amy Poehler's 'Good Hang' podcast, Garfield said the long wait on 'Lions for Lambs' wore down his first-movie nerves.

Andrew Garfield spent his first movie terrified of acting opposite Robert Redford. Then Redford showed up four hours late, and the fear curdled into irritation.

Redford died in September 2025 at 89, and Garfield told the story as a fond memory on the Sept. 29 episode of "Good Hang," Amy Poehler's podcast, Parade reported. He called Redford a beautiful man who was late to everything, and said he meant it with love. By Saturday night, Oct. 3, "andrew garfield" was the No. 1 search on Google Trends in the U.S.

The movie was "Lions for Lambs," the 2007 drama Redford directed and starred in, and every one of Garfield's scenes put him across from the man running the set. Tom Cruise co-starred too. That's why the title turned up in a second story this weekend: Deadline used it as the benchmark for Cruise's new movie, "Digger."

"Digger" is on track for Cruise's lowest opening since that 2007 release, a 19-year low, the Globe reported on Saturday. So one film now holds both a young actor's fondest set story and a veteran star's box-office floor.

Redford, Garfield said on the podcast, "made me feel like I was an equal. And he knew it was my first movie." That came down to how Redford ran the set: he shot his own coverage first, Parade reported, and then, wearing his director's hat, turned to his young co-star after takes.

The respect came after the wait. "So I'm like terrified and nervous and pinching myself. And then Bob is four hours late," Garfield said, in Parade's transcription, "and it's just like, by that time I'm just pissed. I'm just angry."

He made clear the anger didn't last, and that the wait helped. By the time Redford strolled in, loose and easygoing and dressed like a twentysomething in head-to-toe denim, most of the newcomer's nerves were gone. Garfield said Redford didn't even seem to notice he was late. He just ran on his own clock.

So when Redford asked for notes, Garfield gave the only answer a first-timer could, laughing at it now: "It's great. Really good, Robert Redford." Redford did another take anyway, and kept asking.

Source: people.com.

Source: aol.com, retrieved October 4, 2026.