Do we like Tobey Maguire?
Our score: 6 out of 10. Nothing harmful turned up and one settled money dispute is the only stain, but the public record on his views is thin.
Tobey Maguire is best known as the star of the Spider-Man films, and he was already talking about the character's fame-goes-to-his-head arc back in 2007. In that interview he said he might do another Spider-Man movie, and he also named The Cider House Rules and Seabiscuit among his films. He's also said he talks to the media to promote films but doesn't feel obliged to share personal details, which explains why there's so little in his own words to go on.
The one proper stoush on his record is the 2011 poker case. A bankruptcy trustee's suit alleged that a Beverly Hills hedge fund manager had lost about $311,300 to Maguire in private poker games, some of it reportedly money from an alleged Ponzi scheme. The suit argued the games were illegal and the winnings had to be returned.
Maguire denied doing anything wrong and argued the games and his winnings were not illegal. In November 2011 court papers showed he agreed to pay $80,000 to settle in US Bankruptcy Court. It's a bit of a grubby look rather than a character-defining one, and he was a defendant in a civil money case, not a criminal one.
On the harm test, the searches turned up nothing: no statements against LGBTQ+ or trans people, no anti-vax or climate-denial material, no election-denial rhetoric, and no pattern of working with people who push that stuff. That's a pass, but a quiet one. He isn't a public campaigner, so we can't point to him standing up for anyone either, and that's honestly the whole list.
As for the recent thing, the Avengers: Doomsday talk is reportedly based on a leak from an insider, with the film due in December 2026, and nothing official has been announced. Some tabloid-style coverage has also speculated about his dating life, which is tabloid territory and not something we'll weigh up here.
So, would we support him? Yes, with a shrug rather than a cheer. He passes on harm and gets an asterisk on nice for the poker settlement. If he ever uses the Spider-Man platform to say something for people who need it, he'd climb the scale quickly.