Hollywood actor Tobey Maguire celebrates his 45th birthday on June 27. The actor rose to stardom with his performance in Spider-Man films by essaying the role of Peter Parker. However, before he got name and fame, he has his shares of struggles where he played a second-fiddle for actor Leonardo DiCaprio before getting breakthrough. He was last seen in 2014’s Pawn Sacrifice.
Apart from being a successful actor, not many know that Maguire had a poor childhood and then successfully made transition to poker game where he earned millions.In an interview, he had said about his financial background stating“As a kid, I was very poor. I mean, it’s all relative, but we would get groceries from neighbours. I always had a roof over my head, but I slept on couches of relatives, and some night we wandered into a shelter. My family had food stamps and government medical insurance. And I wanted to get out of that, so my ambition was initially to make money; I was pretty driven.”
He further added, “It’s about having your brain space occupied by worrying about what I’m going to eat or how I’m going to pay rent, which is something I have contended with in life. Once you’re not having to worry about that on a day-to-day basis, it allows you space to think about other things”.
