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Andrew Garfield Says He ‘Never Had Any Interaction’ With Sam Altman While Filming ‘Artificial,’ Despite Altman Claiming They Waved to Each Other: ‘I Was Very Confused By That’

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Andrew Garfield Says He ‘Never Had Any Interaction’ With Sam Altman While Filming ‘Artificial,’ Despite Altman Claiming They Waved to Each Other: ‘I Was Very Confused By That’
Nov 4, 2026 6:49pm PT Andrew Garfield Says He ‘Never Had Any Interaction’ With Sam Altman While Filming ‘Artificial,’ Despite Altman Claiming They Waved to Each Other: ‘I Was Very Confused By That’

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See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 17: Andrew Garfield attends the 6th Annual Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 17, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Open AI CEO Sam Altman delivers the keynote address during the OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Altman announced new artificial intelligence personal assistant agents named "dots" to rival Meta's Muse. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) Andrew Garfield at the 6th Annual Academy Museum Gala held at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 17, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) 2026 Getty Images / Heather Diehl / Gilbert Flores

Andrew Garfield might be playing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the forthcoming film “Artificial,” but the actor is maintaining that he’s never interacted with the tech billionaire — despite Altman’s claim that the two waved to one another while the film was shooting outside his home.

Garfield was asked about Altman’s anecdote in a recent GQ interview, and he said he “wasn’t there.” “No, I saw that interview and I replayed it a few times to try and discern what he was actually saying, because I was very confused by that. I never had any interaction with him,” said Garfield. “I’ve never seen him in real life. We were shooting outside of his house. It was an eerie day, for sure. We were told that he wasn’t home and his security people were there. I think I saw one security guard. But, no, I never saw Sam, so he maybe mistook someone else for me. I have no idea, but I’ve never waved at Sam. I’ve never seen him. I was curious about that.”

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