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/ 25 June 2004

Caught in a web of steel

Tobey Maguire’s impetuous behaviour nearly cost him his job and a $17-million pay cheque in the sequel to Spider-Man — and he knows it. The contrite 27-year-old actor is again playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but he got the role back only through the intervention of his girlfriend’s father — who heads Universal Studios — and a heartfelt apology. Robin Marchbank reports.

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