Tobey McGuire unwilling to play Peter Parker!

Rioters News Service.

July 11, 2008.

Tobey McGuire, the star of Spiderman series of movies, is reportedly not happy with the name of Spidey's alter-ego, 'Peter Parker'. The superhero character of Spiderman first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) and was created by Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. As per the original story, Peter Parker, a teenage student, gets bit by a radioactive spider and gains spider-like powers.

However, Tobey McGuire is not too pleased to play the role of Peter Parker. When contacted, he said "Look at Parker. Does he look like a Peteru? He looks more like a Gnana-pazham. How can anyone call him Peteru? I firmly refuse to act as Peter Parker anymore unless his name is changed to something more harmless like George Parker or Pankaj Parker".

When contacted, Sam Raimi, the director of Spider Man 3, remarked "Yes, I agree that Parker is not even close to a Peteru. However, this is the name that Stan Lee has given to the character. I do not have the liberty to change the name to George or Jack or Pankaj or anything else'.

Tobey, however, is not happy with Raimi's comments, and has said "This is bullshit. When Peter Parker can be changed to Pavitr Prabhakar in India, why can I not adopt the same name worldwide? Calling Parker as Peteru is an insult to all the Peterus and Marys in the colleges of Chennai. In fact even the Gnana-pazhams may get insulted for placing one of their ilk in a different category".

When contacted, Max D (Maheshwaran Dhamodharan), a 2nd year student from MCC Chennai remarked "Yup! I gotta agree with Tobey, doood. The character Parker is no way a Peetah. Just cos he speaks with an American accent doesn't make him automatically into a Peetah, ya know?" Arogiasamy, a 3rd year student from Pachaiyappas College Chennai had to add "Yes, yes, I totally agree with Tobey. Parkeru is definitely 100 parcent not a Peteru".

As the shooting commencement for Spider Man 4 approaches, the producers of the movie are at a loss on what to do.