With Tobey Maguire shifting his attention to producing in recent years, it's rare we get to hear from the actor. On the plus side for him, that means he gets to avoid endless questions about reuniting with Sam Raimi for Spider-Man 4, a movie that sadly seems no closer to becoming a reality now than it was when Spider-Man: No Way Home swung into theaters last December.
That's okay, though, as we expect to see the actor return as his Peter Parker Variant either in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse or Avengers: Secret Wars (possibly both).
Doing the rounds to discuss a rare on-camera role in Babylon, Maguire recently took part in a Reddit AMA. The actor managed to avoid making the entire thing about a certain webbed wonder, but did share his thoughts on the lasting impact his and Raimi's Spider-Man movies have had.
"I've had a lot of memorable experiences with people, and they've shared what the films have meant to them," the actor explained. "I've had some funny and touching experiences from spontaneous encounters in public and someone being surprised to sharing how I've helped them through hard times."
"It's sweet, and I feel grateful. Especially with kids, it's almost like magic, it's amazing to see their eyes light up."
Maguire was also asked how he feels about the many memes he's now part of. "Fairly neutral," he admitted. "I did see the Bully Maguire videos, which was a funny discovery."
If Spider-Man: No Way Home was his farewell to the web-slinger, we'd say Maguire got to go out on a high. The Spider-Man trilogy, now a distant memory for some or not even the first Spider-Man movies many of you will have seen in theaters, remains a groundbreaking entry into the superhero genre...even if the threequel is better off forgotten.
How do you guys look back at the original Spider-Man trilogy?