Tobey Maguire after his first Spider-Man movie was drafted for the second and third movies too, which he revealed in a podcast with Howard Stern. On the podcast, many facts were revealed among which one of the highlights was that Tobey Maguire got a total of 30 million dollars for the three movies.
Another thing that was revealed was that Tobey Maguire started taking acting classes after the first Spider-Man movie.
Tobey Maguire Went Back to Acting Class
So the rumor that was fact-checked by Tobey Maguire upon being asked by Howard Stern was that he returned to a couple of acting classes after his first Spider-Man movie in 2002. When asked for the reason, Tobey Maguire said he wanted to learn and have more experience on the set.
Howard Stern later said that Maguire did the coolest thing one could do, getting “poontang”. He added, “you went back to acting class. If that wasn’t the greatest move ever to get quality poontang”, to which Tobey Maguire responded by laughing and nodding.
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Howard Stern asked Maguire, “How old are the chicks when you go there basically are they teenagers, or how many models were in those class”, to which Tobey Maguire replied that there were not a lot of models and added, “There’s you know a real big age range and yeah there’s some beautiful women in there for sure”.
Later, on the podcast, Howard Stern put Tobey Maguire in a tough spot by asking him, “How long does it take you to b*** Kristen” to which Maguire replied, “I’m gonna go ahead and say that we were friends”.
A Real-Life Love Triangle Between the Leads
One of the biggest arcs of friendship in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man is between Peter Parker and Harry Osbourne. In Raimi’s adaptation, the two best friends became bitter enemies. But just as there was tension in the movie with their friendship, there was also a bit of tension between the co-stars – Tobey Maguire and James Franco.
James Franco later revealed that he had a thing for Kristen Dunst, who played the role of Mary Jane, the fierce reporter and also the love interest of Maguire’s Spiderman. These certain circumstances led to a bit of rivalry behind the scenes in Spider-Man.
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Later, James Franco told Playboy via Daily Star that,
“Tobey and Kristen became a couple around that time, I had a crush on Kirsten, and I think I was upset about that as well…Tobey was mad at me for a while. By the second film, we were cool.”
Sam Raimi also commented on this matter stating,
“I didn’t know that,” Raimi said. “Gee, that’s just like the movie…and he (Maguire) was getting Kirsten like the script said he should.”
Spider-Man is available for streaming on Hulu.
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