Tobey Maguire was an excellent fit for the titular role of Spider-Man and his alter-ego, Peter Parker, the smart, shy, sweet, high school student who gets bitten by a genetically-altered spider on a field trip at Columbia University. RELATED: Spider-Man's Biggest Enemies Ranked by Intelligence Here’s a look at the cast of the 2002 Spider-Man and what they’ve been up to since spending time with the web-slinger. The movie was a box office success, becoming the first ever movie to reach $100 million in one weekend and was at the time, the highest-grossing comic book movie.
He has a crush on Mary Jane Watson ( Kirsten Dunst), who happens to be dating his best friend, Harry ( James Franco), and must protect everyone from Green Goblin ( Willem Dafoe), the latest threat to hit New York City. Throughout the film, Peter does his best to hide his identity as Spider-Man from the public and tries to understand his new powers, all while navigating the already stressful and confusing time that comes with being a teenager. His body transforms into muscle, his senses heighten, and he’s able to climb walls and shoot webs, much like a spider can. Tackling such a famous comic book character back then was nowhere near as common as it is today, making its execution and critical reception all the more important for the future of superhero movies.īased on the comic book characters created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the 1960s, Spider-Man follows academically gifted and socially awkward high school student, Peter Parker ( Tobey Maguire), whose life is forever changed after he is bitten by a radioactive spider on a class trip. This was back in simpler times, before the existence of a complex and intertwined Marvel Cinematic Universe. Believe it or not, it’s been almost 20 years since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man swung through theaters and into our hearts and told the origin story of our favorite wall-crawler.
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