What happened to Tobey Maguire? From Spider-Man to professional poker player

There is no longer talk about the fashion of superhero cinema because we have lived it for more than a decade, but, incredible as it may seem, there was a time when it was difficult to find such stories on billers.Tobey Maguire and his Spider-Man in 2002 inaugurated the movement and became one of the first great hits of the genre in Hollywood when no one knew what that was about Marvel's Cinematographic universe.

It's been 20 years since the role that led him to fame and his appearances in movies count on his fingers. He began to disappear around 2007 and, not to mention Brother the Great Gatsby, it has been rare to see him in front of a camera in recent decades. What happened to him? What has happened to make it disappear from the industry? in between, he has formed a family, dedicated himself to poker tournaments and set up a company. It seems that he does not feel like returning to Hollywood stardom.

After triumphing like Spider-Man, Maguire has remained in the shadows, but that doesn't mean he's been inactive. What he has done is to develop his facet as a producer and in recent years has brought a couple of good stories to the industry, such as A dangerous decision (2014) or the Fischer case (2015), where a role was reserved. He has developed them under the umbrella of his company material pictures, which in recent years has increased its number of projects. Currently in the hands of Babylon, the new creation of Damien Chazelle (La Land) and McClane, a new delivery of the Glass Jungle saga.

Maguire has not left Hollywood, but continues his career from a new position. In 2007, in full 'boom' Spidey, Maguire already announced his desire to leave Hollywood to lead a quieter life. He set out to change his role, and he got it. Now his career as a producer is at a good time and, after the pandemic, he can only grow.

At the same time, it has opened up other paths. The actor has dedicated himself to poker professionally and has won several awards. This hobby went to all media with the premiere of the movie Molly's Game, where Maguire and a group of friends-well known from the cinema world-played millions of dollars in secret timbs. Maguire managed these stays where Leonardo DiCaprio-a great friend of his-Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and directors Todd Phillips and Nick Cassavetes, among other unknown but equally millionaire tycoons, participated.

It happened between the mid-and late 2000s, until the sessions began to be investigated. They hadn't done anything illegal, so there were no repercussions, but the fun nights where a waitress could earn thousands of dollars in tips in a single night came to an end. Maguire is said to have made tens of millions in those years.

We only know the tip of the iceberg of Maguire's life. Son of separated parents, he spent his childhood living with different family members and constantly changing schools. This situation did not help in his studies and, given that he spent a lot of time in casting tests, he soon left school. It was made with the title of basic studies later.

Before being Spider-Man, he already had a solid career as an interpreter. He was a child actor who spent much of his childhood auditioning. In this process he met Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom he developed a great friendship. Since then, they have supported each other and, especially at the beginning of their careers, they recommended each other to obtain roles in the other's productions. Maguire worked on this boy's life-at the request of DiCaprio -, the rules of the house of the prodigious young cider.

He ended up becoming an actor by pure chance. He wanted to be a cook and sign up for home economics, but his mother gave him $100 if he chose theater as an elective. Perhaps his mother would have enrolled him in domestic economics if he had known that Maguire was going to get into the bad habits of the acting children. In the mid-1990s, he realized that he had a problem with alcohol and, after receiving therapy, he has remained sober to this day.

In his personal life, he is the father of two children he had with jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer. Meyer is the daughter of Ronald Meyer, former President of Universal Studios, and met her during the filming of Seabiscuit: beyond legend. They separated in 2016 after 9 years of marriage. In 2020, they were officially divorced, although they maintain a pretty friendship.

It seems unlikely that he will return to his fame in the early 2000s. Tobey Maguire has no interest in it. His secretive personality has led him to be some sort of Hollywood anti-star. "I know there's a lot of talk about my charisma deficit and I have to admit that I'm not a wild and brazen actor. It's not my nature to be flashy or extrovert," he pointed out in an interview with Cinema when he presented himself as the new Spider-Man.

Now the big question is whether Spidey's suit will be sheathed again once more. "I Don't have a'I would or wouldn't 'mentality. I'll just do whatever comes for what I feel called," he told the Hollywood Reporter in 2019. With the upcoming premiere of Spider-Man: no way Homeel next December 17, all eyes are set on the possible and unconfirmed encounter of Spider-Man.