Riley Keough Almost Killed Andrew Garfield With Her Peanut Breath

Riley Keough‘s famous grandfather, Elvis Presley, loved a peanut butter and banana sandwich, and his passion for peanuts was passed on to his granddaughter.

Unfortunately, that very love of nuts could have killed Andrew Garfield on the set of his 2019 film Under the Silver Lake.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Keough, who co-starred in the mystery movie, reflected on the film and one particularly stressful day where she was preparing to film a kissing scene with Garfield.

Keough said, “I was in the makeup trailer and I was eating, like, a granola bar or something, and I was about to shoot a scene where I have to kiss Andrew… the makeup lady was like, ‘Are there peanuts in that?'”

At the time, Keough had no idea that Garfield has a severe peanut allergy, but the makeup artist sounded the alarm to the rest of the crew that there might be an issue.

“The producer came in and was like, ‘Riley, Andrew’s very allergic to peanuts and we have to shut the set down. It shouldn’t have been at craft, and I don’t know why they’re on set,'” Keough said, recalling that she “was just kind of like, ‘Oh fuck, that’s crazy!’ But also thank God that this woman caught it, because I had no idea!”

Fortunately, Garfield didn’t suffer a reaction despite the fact that nuts were found on set, but he has spoken about going into anaphylactic shock after suffering an allergic reaction while filming Never Let Me Go in 2011.

At that time he explained that, while dining with his co-stars Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightly, he experienced a bad reaction to something he ate.

“I had to spend the rest of that night in hospital. [Screenwriter] Alex Garland took me. I’m used to it, because I’ve been in hospital a few times with this, but Carey was beside herself and Keira was terrified,” he told Marie Claire, per Express. “It was just the most awkward moment ever, to go into anaphylactic shock at dinner.”