Andrew Garfield: Shock at meeting Tom Hanks! This is how the star reacts!

Andrew Garfield, the 41-year-old actor, said in an interview with W Magazine that he sometimes has difficulty looking famous colleagues in the eye. This happens especially when he meets prominent people, which often causes him to fall into a state of shock. A striking example of his shyness was the encounter with Tom Hanks where he couldn't look at him.

At a recent awards event, Garfield once again had trouble looking other stars in the eyes. He emphasized that he always tries to deal with these situations better. He tries to make himself aware that every person, including himself, is only human. Garfield also reflected that he wonders what's wrong with someone when they act overly awestruck towards him, like kreiszeitung-wesermarsch.de reported.

Career and advancement

Andrew Garfield began acting classes in Guildford, Surrey at the age of nine and took part in a youth theater production of Bugsy Malone. He joined a youth theater workshop in Epsom and studied Theater at A Level before spending three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He graduated in 2004 and began working primarily in theater. He won the Manchester Evening News Theater Award for Best Newcomer for his performance in Kes at the Royal Exchange Theater in Manchester.

Garfield made his British television debut in the Channel 4 teen drama Sugar Rush in 2005 and came to public attention in 2007 by appearing in the BBC series Doctor Who. He was named one of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch" in October 2007. That same year he made his US film debut in Lions for Lambs, alongside Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. He cemented his status as a rising star with a role in Channel 4's drama Boy A, which won him the 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

His other career credits included significant roles in films such as The Social Network and The Amazing Spider-Man, which grossed more than $752 million worldwide. Garfield has received numerous awards and nominations for his work, including an Academy Award nomination for Hacksaw Ridge.

Garfield's current projects include We Live in Time (2024), After the Hunt and The Magic Faraway Tree, as on his Wikipedia page is to be read.