Fill in the Blanks unit 10 sc2Online version gap fill by John E 1 paternal competitions national bullied school everyone gymnast half born name from family identify name Eight things you didn't know about Andrew Garfield 1 . Andrew Garfield is British and half American He was in Los Angeles , California . His mother is British and his father is Californian . When Andrew was three , the moved to English , and he grew up near London . 2 . His family was originally Garfinkel . Garfield's great - grandparents were immigrants Central Europe , and he has ancestors from Russia , and Romania . His grandfather was the one who changed his to Garfield . 3 . He was a seriously good . While he was growing up in the UK , Garfield used to take part in gymnastics . He was number three in a competition when he was only 12 years old . 4 . He hard a hard time at . Garfield says he can with Peter Parker ( the man who becomes Spider - man ) because they were both bullied at school . " School is hard , " he said . " I think has been at some point . "