Maguire stayed busy helping to produce these films for several years as the early s unfolded. 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.
Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football. Most read in Celebrity. 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.
Perhaps Maguire could read the writing on the wall; or perhaps he was just itching to do something else. Whatever the reason, Maguire has spent a good chunk of the last few years behind the camera producing films through his production company, Material Pictures.
Maguire's career as a producer hasn't exactly been all that great. In two specific cases, Maguire has been linked to high-profile projects that strangely never materialized: an adaptation of Tokyo Suckerpunch , which supposedly had Anne Hathaway and Seabiscuit director Gary Ross attached; and the comic-book adaptation Afterburn , which piqued the interest of Gerard Butler and, at one point, director Antoine Fuqua. While the original Spider-Man film was a smash , and the entire trilogy has remained a nostalgic benchmark in Marvel's cinematic history, the series happened to end on what was pretty universally considered the worst of the three.
The project had a lot of factors stacked against it, and even director Sam Raimi was disenchanted with the final product. Shortly after the sour critical and fan response, talks between Raimi and Sony about a fourth installment fell through. Regardless of whatever complex negotiations may have happened behind the scenes, it was hard for audiences not to lay blame for the cancellation squarely at the feet of Spider-Man 3.
Needless to say, ending your tenure as an iconic character with a movie so unpopular it seemingly kills a franchise tends to undo some of the goodwill of a strong beginning. It's no surprise that the whole scenario took a bit of the luster off of the "Marvel star power" that initially did so much to fuel Maguire's career. It should come as no surprise, then, that Tobey Maguire's marriage to Jennifer Meyer in also happened to coincide with the beginning of his gradual fade from the limelight.
The relationship endured for nine years before they announced that they were officially separating in October According to Entertainment Tonight , by that point, their marriage had slowly been crumbling "over the course of time.
Fortunately, though, the split was amicable, and their commitment to the family they had started together hadn't been lost in the shuffle. They still remained the dedicated parents of two children, Ruby and Otis, adding to their statement that "as devoted parents, our first priority remains raising our children together with enduring love, respect and friendship.
Us Weekly reported that Meyer considers her ex-husband her best friend, and the two have continued to strive to raise happy children despite the circumstances. He may not play the popularity game, but Tobey Maguire has certainly shown a penchant for entertainment of a different sort: gambling. And we're not talking about a filthy rich celebrity having some fun. Maguire has established a reputation over the years as a winner.
As far back as , CNN reported that Mr. The problem? The money had been stolen from investors by an illegal Ponzi scheme.
While all Maguire did was accidentally win the money by playing some darn good poker, being in the headlines because you're connected with stolen cash isn't quite the same kind of popularity one gets from playing a beloved childhood superhero. But Maguire's gambling issues went deeper than simply winning stolen money. They were put on much more damning display through the book and movie adaptation Molly's Game , which followed the real-life story of Molly Bloom as she organized underground poker games for a host of rich players, including one "Player X.
From winning stolen money to his overall sinister reputation as a player, Maguire's gambling has hardly done his reputation any favors. When he's not gambling or tending to his kids, Tobey Maguire is still first and foremost an entertainer. But while earlier in his career that primarily meant acting, recently Maguire has begun to spin off more and more in a different direction as a producer.
It's not uncommon for a popular actor to attempt to leverage their successful career in front of the camera into one behind it. It started with big shots like Charlie Chaplin and has continued right through to modern legends like Clint Eastwood, John Krasinski , and now Tobey Maguire. Interestingly, it's through this shift that Maguire seems to have found the ideal way to truly express his passions. Again, the man isn't an attention hog.
He doesn't love the paparazzi, he's known for being terse in his responses to fans , and he's openly expressed the struggle he has with overcoming his introverted personality in order to take on larger-than-life characters on the silver screen. So it's only natural that when his fame and fortune reached a certain point, Maguire attempted to move out of the spotlight without dropping his passion for cinema altogether.
On paper, Tobey Maguire's shift to producing films seems to have panned out pretty well as far as quantity of content is concerned. 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.
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