Andrew Garfield admits former teacher "force-fed" him school dinners

Hollywood actor Andrew Garfield has recalled his "brutal" primary school days and revealed that a teacher "force-fed" him to eat certain things.

The Uprising and Hacksaw Ridge star admitted that corn off the cob is one food that he cannot eat to this day because of an experience in his past.

During an appearance on the award-winning foodie podcast, Dish from Waitrose, Andrew spoke to hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett OBE about his own experience regarding school dinners.

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“School dinners has f**king everyone up to a certain degree, I think," he claimed.

"Yeah, so I can't have corn off the cob. On the cob is one thing. On the cob is actually one of my favourite things, with a lot of butter," he continued, before adding: "Off the cob, I can't do it."

He then said: "It's pure, like visceral association. I think like, I vomited on a teacher who force-fed me some of these things one day at school. I would I would hide in the toilet to not have to eat my primary school lunches. It was brutal.

"It's like a version of waterboarding, but with like mashed potato [and] loose sweetcorn."

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Elsewhere in the interview, Andrew also went on to reveal his "weird dream" of opening his own burger joint, adding: "Because I kind of want to open one. I want to open something. I would, I genuinely would. If I got good enough to make a good smash burger and it was my little stand... little hole in the wall."

He continued: "It's kind of a weird dream. That's a genuine dream of mine because it's like you can get so, I don't know, like all I want is to be in contact with life and with people. And it's like you get less and less opportunity.”

His comments come after Andrew admitted he feels "very passionate" about his new film The Uprising, which arrives in UK cinemas on 9 October, and the story it tells.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy ahead of the movie's release this week, Andrew said: "As actors, storytellers and artists right now, we're looking to reflect our current times. That is, for me anyway, what feels most meaningful.

"Sure, it's 1381, but it feels like a long-distance mirror to our near tomorrow. I feel very, very concerned, like I think most of us do, about where we are as a society."

The actor went on to say that people are "hoarding power" and "controlling who gets to have a good life and who doesn't", adding: "There's a different kind of oppression happening, but it's still oppression nonetheless. So I feel very passionate about this story."

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Kirsty is a freelance writer and editor specialising in all things entertainment. Over the past 16 years, she has worked on showbiz desks at various national newspaper websites in London, including Express.co.uk, The Sun, and MailOnline.

More recently, she spent three years living in New York City writing celebrity and lifestyle news for DailyMail.com, The Mirror US, and Daily Express US. Kirsty graduated from Southampton Solent with a BA in Magazine Journalism and Feature Writing. When she's not watching reruns of Sex and the City, you'll find her listening to David Bowie and daydreaming about an espresso martini.