Spider-Man 2 is still considered to be one of the greatest superhero films of all time! During the filming of the third part of the franchise, Maguire tried to squeeze even more money out of the studio by naming an exorbitantly high fee. The actor kept complaining of back pain and demanded that doctors be constantly present on set. It came to the point where a medic was actually measuring out the number of steps that Maguire could make in front of the camera without endangering his health. All of this put the fate of the movie in jeopardy, and producers started thinking of replacing Maguire with the more sensible Jake Gyllenhaal.
The moviegoers lambasted director Sam Raimi for the third installment in the Spider-Man franchise After a while, the franchise was rebooted but without Maguire in the title role. At that point in his life, Maguire used to frequent underground poker casinos for elite players. The gamblers used to meet at luxury hotels in the atmosphere of utter secrecy. There was no shortage of those willing to play with a world-famous movie star: bankers and tycoons were regularly losing to Maguire by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
They still hate me for it," he said. After Spider-Man 3 , Raimi and his team aimed to correct all mistakes by making a fourth Spider-Man movie. Unfortunately, Sony scrapped the project. Raimi couldn't get a script done on their timeline. Back then, the decision made sense; it had been three long years since Spider-Man 3 hit theaters, and Maguire was already pushing But I couldn't get the script together in time, due to my own failings, and I said to Sony, 'I don't want to make a movie that is less than great, so I think we shouldn't make this picture.
Go ahead with your reboot, which you've been planning anyway. Tobey Maguire has a rather young look to his face, and an even softer voice, all of which worked so well when he first became a star in movies like The Cider House Rules and the aforementioned Spider-Man franchise. As he got older, Maguire never quite aged out of his boyish charm, making it difficult for audiences to connect with him as he began to take on more mature roles.
He basically looked like he was playing a slightly older version of his character from The Cider House Rules. Ironically, it's the exact same problem Maguire's close friend and Great Gatsby co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, managed to overcome in the late '00s by taking on grittier roles. If he hasn't already, he might want to give Leo a call. The ex-superhero managed to produce a decent number of movies over time, although the truth is that his production prowess initially fell a bit short of the mark, especially if you grade him against the curve of other A-list actor-turned-producers.
Nevertheless, Maguire has managed to stamp his name on several movies that found at least minor success, including the musical comedy-drama Rock of Ages , the slow-moving but tense Cold War thriller Pawn Sacrifice — which Maguire starred in — and the alien-infested action-drama The 5th Wave. Maguire stayed busy helping to produce these films for several years as the early s unfolded.
He also established his own production company in , called Material Pictures, which helped to co-produce all of the aforementioned films. While most of the fledgling producer's earlier projects were decently produced, they were decidedly not box office successes and hardly the kind of material that can help vault an ambitious entertainer back into the limelight. Another factor that has chilled the relationship between Hollywood and Tobey Maguire is the fact that he doesn't accept just any old acting job that's offered to him these days.
He's been very selective about the roles he's taken on in the years since the Spider-Man films, with only four of those landing him on the big screen during that time. In an interview with Nylon back in , Maguire explained that "it's always difficult to find projects that I want to get involved in, so that's a continuous challenge.
If he's not deeply interested in the story of the project, it becomes very hard for him to enjoy the experience. And we can't argue with that. At this point in his career, if he can't do what he loves then he might as well pack up shop. Okay, Tobey Maguire didn't actually come all that close to actually returning to the big screen as a superhero — at least as far as we can tell. However, it's worth noting that the idea was genuinely in the cards at one point, and we're not just talking about a half-brained fan theory, either.
They felt it was 'too soon. Into the Spider-Verse was already jam-packed with pleasant multi-dimensional surprises, but the fact that there were actual plans in development to involve the three live-action members of the Sony Spider-Man Universe of Characters is exciting even just to think about.
Couple it up with J. Simmons' cameo as J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: Far from Home and a decent case could have been made for a real push to get Maguire out of superhero retirement in order to reprise his role on multiple occasions.
But alas, it appears the chances of this happening remain a long shot. Interestingly enough, a quick cameo in Into the Spider-Verse wasn't Tobey Maguire's only potential lifeline to his superhero past. In a interview with the Hollywood Reporter , Maguire was asked if he would ever don a superhero suit again, to which he gave the nebulous response , "I just don't really have an 'I would or wouldn't do' mindset. I'll just do whatever Whatever it is that comes that I feel called to, that may or may not fit in any kind of box.
This is hardly the sentiment of an ambitious actor looking to get back into mainstream superhero flicks, and it should also be weighed against his historically picky attitude when it comes to the roles that he'll accept. However, it also is definitively not a denial of future cinematic heroics. In fact, Maguire's apparently laissez-faire "I would or wouldn't do" mindset seems to leave the door wide open for a return if a studio manages to woo him in just the right way.
It's something that the modern crossover-happy, multiverse-minded superhero universes could certainly look to capitalize on in the future. There are plenty of new professional projects and important life events keeping Tobey Maguire out of Hollywood, but there are also a few non-film hobbies that he's admitted to investing time in.
While the fact that the ex-Hollywood regular engages in personal activities is hardly surprising, the activities themselves are anything but predictable. The MCU continues its expansion now that the Infinity Saga is over, and Phase 4 is doing things differently by covering both TV shows and movies and introducing new, complex concepts like the multiverse. The appearance of the last two has made viewers believe Spider-Man: No Way Home will deal with the multiverse, which means the past Peter Parkers can show up.
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield arrived in the Marvel universe at very different times in the superhero genre.
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