Andrew Garfield was "angry" that Hollywood icon was "four hours late" on his movie debut

Andrew Garfield has been one of the biggest stars in the world for several years now, and took a trip down memory lane as he remembered the early part of his career. As far as first film projects go, Garfield's was star-studded to say the least.

The Spider-Man and Under the Banner of Heaven actor had a supporting role in 2007 war drama Lions for Lambs alongside Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, with the latter also producing and directing the project.

Speaking with Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast, Garfield joked that one aspect of Redford's behaviour left him a little annoyed, though it eventually helped him be more relaxed in Hollywood.

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"He was a beautiful, beautiful man and very late all the time to everything. I say it with love," he shared, before adding that he was "terrified and nervous" when he first walked onto the set.

His nerves was calmed, however, when Redford turned up "four hours late", with Garfield noting: "By that time, I'm just pissed. I'm just angry. No, I wasn't really. But a lot of the nerves had dissipated because he was so loose, causal and so cool.

"He still dressed like he was in his twenties with the double denim. He wasn't aware that he was late. He was just on his own Redford time. He was famously late. I'm not telling tales out of school. He was a famously late person."

Another way Redford put Garfield at ease on set was to ask the then-green actor for his opinions about the legendary star's performance.

"He made me feel like it was my set and made me feel like I was an equal," said Garfield. "[It was] like he knew it was my first movie. He was so nice. He was so beautiful."

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Redford, who was best known for his roles in All the President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, passed away in his sleep at the age of 89 in September of last year.

Meanwhile, Garfield's new film Artificial, about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is premiering at the New York Film Festival next week before its theatrical release in November.

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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he's covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV and movies both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I'm a Fish.