Owen Thiele Reunites with Andrew Garfield at Academy Event After Emergency Landing with the Former “Spider-Man” Star
Owen Thiele Reunites with Andrew Garfield at Academy Event After Emergency Landing with the Former “Spider-Man” Star
Jack SmartTue, October 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC
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Owen Thiele and Andrew Garfield via InstagramCredit: Owen Thiele/InstagramThiele called fellow Academy Museum Gala attendees Garfield, Taylor Swift, Hailey Bieber and more his “fans” in an Instagram post -
Owen Thiele posted an Instagram recap from the recent 2026 Academy Museum Gala on Monday, Oct. 19
He and Andrew Garfield posed for a photo together at the event on Saturday, Oct. 17
The two actors were on a flight together that made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, N.M., in September
Andrew Garfield and Owen Thiele are fast friends after their memorable plane flight.
The two actors posed for a photo together at the 2026 Academy Museum Gala on Saturday, Oct. 17, as a new Instagram post from Thiele, 30, shows.
The Adults star posted a series of photos and videos from the glamorous event, beginning with a shot of him and Garfield, 43, smiling with their arms around each other.
Owen Thiele; Andrew Garfield at the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala on Oct. 17Credit: Emma McIntyre/Oscars/Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty
“i had to take pics with my fans it was a lot but i’m grateful !” Thiele captioned the post. He also thanked Giorgio Armani and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
On Sept. 9, Thiele and the former Spider-Man actor happened to be on the same flight from Los Angeles to New York City, when it had to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque, N.M. Actor Nick Robinson, Love Island USA‘s Dylan Wrona and singer Mark Ambor were also on the plane.
After the Delta Airlines flight landed in New Mexico, Thiele posted updates that went viral on social media. In a captioned selfie at the time, he indicated the Artificial star was on the flight. “If plane went down it would’ve said Andrew Garfield and others. Nick Robinson here too. Andrew Garfield, Nick Robinson and others,” he wrote.
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The stranded passengers later ordered food from P.F. Chang’s to be delivered at the airport, as Thiele shared on his account. One post was a photo of the paper fortune from inside a fortune cookie reading “a thrilling new experience is at your fingertips.” Thiele captioned the photo, “girl...”
(Left-right:) Emma Chamberlain, Whitney Peak, Karlie Kloss and Owen Thiele at the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala on Oct. 17Credit: Emma McIntyre/Oscars/Getty
“We apologize to our customers on Delta Flight 958 (LAX to JFK) on Sept 9, which diverted to Albuquerque due to a smoky odor in the aircraft,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement to PEOPLE following the incident. “The aircraft landed uneventfully and our teams worked to re accommodate customers as quickly as possible to their final destinations.”
Thiele’s post recapping the Academy Museum Gala included a clip of Sabrina Carpenter seemingly greeting him on the red carpet, as well as shots of him chatting with fellow gala attendees Taylor Swift and Joey King and posing for a selfie with Emma Chamberlain and Hailey Bieber.
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Among the commenters on Thiele’s post was Lin-Manuel Miranda, Garfield’s director on the 2021 movie Tick, Tick... Boom! “Precious cargo on that Alburquerque [sic] flight,” wrote the star.
Garfield’s next movie, Artificial, opens on Dec. 25.
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