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But as one of the films in-jokes reminds us, not everything felt good back then.
Im referring, of course, to Tobey Maguires back.
(The spoilers will truly begin after this paragraph.)
(Apparently, web-slinging is not great for the lumbars.)
Whats the reason for all this?
Some might say putting Maguire and Garfield insuch a positionis its own reward.
Industry scuttlebutt had it he was playing hardball with the studio in the hopes of securing a better contract.
But the studio hit back with threats of its own.
Sony beganhintingabout replacing Maguire with Jake Gyllenhaal, who happened to be dating Kirsten Dunst at the time.
(Maguire and Meyer were married from 2007 to 2020.)
He alsofired his agent, which was widely taken as another gesture of contrition.
The Affair of the Back quickly became notorious, andSpider-Man 2didnt hesitate to joke about it.
One of itsDaily Buglefront pagesfeatures a headline asking, Can Chronic Back Pain EQUAL BRAIN SHRINKAGE?
At least he continues to be a good sport about it!
