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• Author: Coco, Paul
• Position: Q&A - Tobey Maguire - Interview - Brief Article

In a new movie hyped as among the year's biggest, Tobey Maguire, 26, plays the teenage Peter Parker, and the title superhero, in Spider-Man. Here's how.

How did you put on the costume?

Someone helped me put it on and take it off. It's a one-piece suit. A lot of times, because the zippers are so tiny so you couldn't see them, they would break. So they would sew me into the suit.

How do you give a character depth when you're wearing that mask?

It's like silent-film acting. It's a lot about movement. There was a guy on the set whose job it was to study the poses, and he would help me and choreograph the specific movements.

How did you do the stunts?

There's a combination of CGI [computer graphics imaging], stuntmen, and myself--that's the movie...