Andrew Garfield is out here giving us the kind of Hollywood story you can’t script. On Amy Poehler’s“Good Hang”podcast, he opened up about working with Robert Redford on the 2007 film“Lions for Lambs,”and yes, it involves the legend showing up to set a full four hours late.
Garfield admitted he was“terrified and nervous and pinching myself”before meeting Redford. But when the icon finally arrived, he was so loose, casual, and unbothered that Garfield’s nerves melted away. Redford was“famously late,”and somehow that was part of the charm.
The best detail? Redford, who also directed the film, would shoot his own coverage first, then ask Garfield what he thought. A screen legend asking a rising star for notes is the kind of humility that sticks with you. With Redford’s passing last September at 89, this story feels like a warm little time capsule of an icon who truly did things his own way.
Have you ever met one of your heroes? Did they live up to the moment, or keep you waiting?
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