While $500,000 isn’t a number to scoff at, it’s far less than the millions of dollars Sony was paying to Tobey Maguire to play the role of Spider-Man, but that’s exactly what the studio will give to British actor Andrew Garfield for his first outing in the superhero’s shoes.
Sony officials are said to have scooped up the British actor after they were impressed with his upcoming role in The Social Network about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
As a largely unknown actor in the U.S. Sony was able to pay Garfield a pittance, although he should see at least $1 million for the second movie and $2 million for the third, still a far cry from the millions paid to Maguire for the same role.
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