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I found this interesting: Tobey Maguire last night was a guest on Conan and said the Sony Pictures execs wouldn’t give him the Spider-Man suit even after he shot the first and second movies in the franchise. (Insiders now claim he never asked…) Calling it humilating, he said he mentioned it on Oprah. Only then did the studio send him not just one but two Spidey suits.
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Those suits cost over $100,000 EACH to make (remember how big a deal it was when they got stolen from the set of the first film?). I understand the reluctance.
It’s not the money, they really are dickwad’s. I was on a hit series for six seasons. When the show ended the studios sent the wardrobe people to wait while I changed on the last day so that I wouldn’t keep the jacket I had worn all of those years. The head costumer later felt so bad she “lost” the jacket and it turned up in a bag with my name on it-
Are you David Hasselhoff?
They wouldn’t let you keep the black Members Only jacket from your Knight Rider days?
Those greedy little misers!
You can’t be surprised by this…
I’ve heard that, during the making of the 1989 “Batman” film with Michael Keaton, the costumers made a mini-Batsuit for Keaton’s young son. That kind of compassion would get your ass fired quick, fast and in a hurry in today’s studio climate.
What a difference 20 years makes? Naw, I’d bet the execs have been royal asshats even before talkies hit the screen…
So which is it, asswipes or dickwads?
Let’s hope they’re more dickwads and asswipes. I would prefer them to fuck everything then to shit all over it.
Let’s see, the Spiderman franchise has made over 2 billion dollars worldwide so far…. so, $100,000 of that to keep your star, the one who got you the 2 billion begin with, happy? Only an asshat would have a problem with that.
By the way, I vote for “asshat.”
How about why are Hollywood actors so entitled? Frankly, I don’t see why he should automatically expect to get to keep the suit.
Because we can be, asswipe.
Alternate title to post: Why Are Hollywood Stars Such Crybaby Douchebags?
He makes 20 mil per, plus royalties. Let him buy his own fucking suit.
I agree. Typical “actor” always wanting a freebie or handout.
The better question is WTF does he want with the stupid suit in the first place? Fantasy night?
Unfortunately, studio execs haven’t cornered the market on being
asswads…
Humiliating that he wasn’t gifted an additional 100k suit in addition to his multimillion dollar paycheck? I guess overinflated bonuses aren’t just on wall street.
Peter Guber has a Batman suit displayed in his Guest House living room. Some exec at Sony might have wanted the Spidey suit for themselves.
Irving Thalberg continues to be discussed as the last and the only great production head. There is a reason for that.
The poor guy does each film for SCALE and the studios won’t allow those obnoxiously expensive suits to leave studio wardrobe?!?!?!
SHAME ON YOU SONY!!!
P.S. – I really like Tobey. But maaaaaan! Come on bro!!! Quit embarrassing yourself!!
If by scale you mean $30 million.
See, Nikki, I would have never seen either this item nor this wonderful headline in the old Variety. Why I read you instead of them (I guess only the dickwads read them now!). Kiss kiss, keep up the great and fearless work.
Your all fucking fired. Let him buy a suit for $500 on eBay.
Tobey is a douchebag, and can pay for his effing suit himself. And, he was a douchebag before Spiderman, and continues on his reign.
What kind of cheese do you want with your whine, asshat (my favorite)?
I have met Tobey and he was one of the nicest actors I have ever met. Clearly you are just bitter at his success like most of the out of work businees men on here.
Isn’t his father-in-law one of those dickwads?
He can’t afford to buy one himself?
Thanks for all the asshat affirmations. With a name like mine, it pays to be semi-creative.
You can always spot an Ed’Tardy doucheketeer at ten paces, by the way he wears his asshat with a rakish tilt – and a t-shirt that looks like someone threw up a circus all over it.
Anybody who wanted Tobey’s sweaty smelly Spidey Underoos is either a fetishist, a fuckface, or fool (which describes 99.7% of all “Hollywood moguls”).
He’s going to start doing boat shows. That’s where all the money is, these days.
Tobey was b e a u t i f u l in THE ICE STORM. Never saw him in the Spidey franchise.
Is the Spidey suit considered intellectual property?
I have worked on both television and film productions wherein they DID allow me to have/keep for my persoanl life certain pieces of wardrobe.
However, when my beautiful lingerie boy-shorts were MIA upon completion of a certain film scene, it was discovered that they were pocketed by s o m e b o d y….fact. Now I am wondering if that somebody was perhaps an a)DickWad OR b)an AssHat?
You would think, with the millions he was paid for the show , that he would have offered to pay for it himself or go get one by paying for it. But no, now he wants it for free
No wonder Spidey movies sucks…
were you there..do you know ?
tobey might of used that as good “talk show” material
I worked in a machine shop every day for seven years. When the company closed why didn’t they give me the $100,000 multi-lathe??
I drive a desk and I’m pretty sure the company I work for would be a bit surprised if I asked to take my desk with with me when I quit. And then they’d say no. To ask for my desk would be so stupid it would never even occur to me, and it would actually be useful for more than cosplay or ornamentation.
The entitlement of those who feel entitled has no bounds. Looks to me like this site has plenty of commenters who also feel entitled.
Steve Ditko designed that costume fifty years ago. Toby’s probably making more in a few days that Ditko made in his entire career, which is a bigger injustice than Toby’s not getting his souvenir.
I get why he asked. In my opinion it says something about his character as a human being that he was polite and brave enough to ask. Reality is, he probably should have just taken one.
Sure the money he makes is awesome, but compared to what the brass makes – he hooked them up royally, bottom line. He made Spiderman something to sell again and the least they could do is toss him a suit… how many people get a chance to play a super-hero? Honestly, just tell me, any of you, if had the opportunity to play Batman or Wonder Woman or Superman etc. you wouldn’t want one of the several suits made for the flick? Really??
To ExExec, I get ya but… “fantasy night” with Spidey sounds like it could be a hell of a lot of fun. Might even wanna stretch that deal into a into Spidey weekend.
And to Tron Jeremy… JSUK, asshat is my new favorite word.