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The Hiring, Firing and Re-Hiring of Spider-Man
Obiwan Kenobi writes "Remember that rumor that Tobey McGuire was fired and Jake Gyllenhaal was going to be Spider-Man? Well, it's true. According to the LA Times, McGuire's unwillingness to reveal the extent of his back injuries from his last project (Seabiscuit) resulted in a huge power struggle that incurred the wrath of Universal president Ron Meyer (whose daughter is 'coincidentally' dating McGuire), a pissed off Sam Raimi, and a now-fired agent. Interesting read about the politics of making a big budget blockbuster." Really just a gossipy story frankly, but McGuire seems to be in for the sequel despite the back problems.
Funny how you can find out things about people, and how appearances are not always correct. Take me for instance, I really thought Tobby was as quiet and good natured as he plays in his movies. But after reading the article, I realize he's just another person who has allowed the money to go to his head.
Fine, you're a millionaire, this doesn't automatically mean you need to be a prick.. be thankful that someone actually pays to go see your stuff, and realize that without the studios/directors/producers there will be no film, and you woulnd't be getting jack..
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But please, tell me what you really think.
The sooner we can get rid of these primadonna actors the better.
Honestly, for the amount of bank that this whiner is getting for making this movie I'd put up with an amazing amount of pain.
I remember hearing (this is unsubstantiated) that after "The Hunt for Red October" was a hit, Alec Baldwin demanded an enormous pay increase to play Jack Ryan in the next movie. Imagine his surprise when he was soundly dropped and replaced with Harrison Ford, who I imagine commands a much higher check than Alec Baldwin ever got for a single movie.
The moral of these stories, of course, is that humility is a virtue worth cultivating, because when you get right down to it, nobody's irreplacable. Especially in Hollywood, where (if "The Matrix Reloaded" is any sign of things to come) we'll soon be able to map any actor's face onto a double's body with astonishing ease.
During shooting of Lord of the Rings, yes. But it also says that he broke his back when he was younger, before the movie. That is what the poster is refering to, I believe.
"'Do I want to go in on the seventh day for an eight-hour cyberscan?'"
If you want to get paid big bucks, you sure as shit better want to go that extra mile.
Construction workers make his one-day rate in a year, and have way worse than minor back pain from playing "Spiderman".
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Well if that isn't the grossest misallocation of mod points I've ever seen- he makes a faulty joke, gets modded up, then corrects his joke and gets called "informative."
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I wish I could pull of a stunt like that!
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