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Spider-Man Has Back Problems
skantman writes "Potentially sad news for Spiderfans. Tobey Maguire has back problems and may have to pull out of the Spider-Man sequel." Since the film was apparently slated to pay him 11M GBP, sucks to be him just as much as us if he doesn't play the part. CT Updated, thats 11M pounds, not USD.
Not dollars.
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That figure is wrong.....If he makes the film, he'll be making $17 million not $11 million
$17.2 million. In US currency.
His latest movie is Seabiscuit in which he plays a jockey. Riding a horse, even just for a movie with a stuntman doing the real work, is dangerous and painful without years of practice.
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The article says Maguire is experiencing a mild discomfort in his back after doing two physically intensive movies. Really - if I were him, mild discomfort wouldn't stop me from doing the movie. :)
Currently ~$17,191,872.77 USD The current exchange rate is 1 GBP = 1.56290 USD. Odd that the Canandian Dollar recently rose in value to 1.48 CND = 1 USD. I was 1.54-1.56 = 1 for a long time.
He played the lead in October Sky, didn't he? If that's the case, he would make an excellent replacement, though I still feel sorry for Tobey.
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First off, it's $17M. ;-) And there's updated info and clarification at Yahoo/Reuters, AICN, and Yahoo/Hollywood Reporter. Don't panic or freak out. This looks like a rumor that got out of control, and is now being actively denied by the powers-that-be.
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Well, since we're all here anyway, as a service to slashdot's heterosexual male readers I present Mary Jane (safe for work):
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Stan Lee (Spiderman Creator) was interviewed last year on NPR's Fresh Air.
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I don't remember the details, but Terri Gross asked him about changes in the movie, and this was one he brought up. I think in the end, he decided it didn't bother him very much. He figured that it would take up too much screen-time to go through the whole process of him inventing his web-shooters.
The interview can be heard at:
http://freshair.npr.org/guest_info_fa.jhtml?name=
(I see a space in the "2002" of the URL above when I preview this - is this a slashdot problem?)
Apparently, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool "reports" that the rumour is simply a rumour.
If you ever wondered why the Bee Gees never went on tour in the 90's and 00's, even though they were wildly popular, it's because Barry Gibb has terrible back problems. He simply can't stand up to perform for long periods of time. All the money they have and all the money they could have made from touring made no difference: he just couldn't do it.
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Since when did the rate of exchange for Pounds Sterling drop to one for one with (preseumably) US dollars? £11 million is worth more like $17 million (USD).
According to this, Tobey is fine and the sequel is a go. This was just a rumor going around. Why is Slashdot posting movie rumors? If we're gonna do that, at least keep up with the current Superman fiasco at Warner Bros....
I hear Jackie Chan say he only uses the stunt doubles for some scenes in his American movies because the insurance underwriters demand it. No insurance (for movie completion) no movie. The Hong Kong movies are still him. (Last I heard at least.)
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