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Spider-Man Has Back Problems

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the suck-it-up-and-take-a-hy-dro-co dept.

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.

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  1. No Big Deal by Drunken+Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The linked article says Jake Gyllenhaal has been lined-up as a possible replacement. While he was previously typecast into creepy character roles (Donnie Darko and The Good Girl), he proved in Moonlight Mile that he is a thousand times the actor of Tobey Maguire. Not that I wish any suffering on Maguire, but I do believe the sequel would be better off without him.

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  2. Publicity stunt...? by Glove+d'OJ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder if this is actual "news" or simply a poorly-disguised press release. If it is the latter, then I think that they succeded at generating a "buzz" around the upcoming Spiderman movie.

    (fly-pun not intended, but I am claiming it.)

  3. Re:Please say it ain't so!! by operagost · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I didn't understand that change myself. It killed his geek factor. The fact that he built his own webshooter in the comics showed he was smart and creative instead of just nerdily unpopular.

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