Tobey Maguire
Tobey Maguire is an American actor and producer best known for playing Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Before Spider-Man, he appeared in films including The Ice Storm (1997), The Cider House Rules (1999) and Wonder Boys (2000). He later starred in Seabiscuit (2003) and played Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (2013). His later work includes a supporting role in Damien Chazelle’s Babylon (2022), alongside producer credits on several projects.
Maguire has been vegetarian since 1992 and vegan since 2009. As a kid, he said he had a difficult time eating meat and never wanted it, describing how it had to be the “perfect bite” to get through it. Tobey is also said to have inspired a vegan butchery to open in Sydney, Australia 1MSN. 2013. Australians yet to thank Tobey Maguire for their vegetarian butcher. Available: https://web.archive.org/web/20130606052625/http://now.msn.com/tobey-maguire-inspires-vegetarian-butcher-shop [Accessed 11 March 2021]. and doesn’t allow any leather products in his home. Tobey has also campaigned for healthier school lunches, offering more veggie options.
In 2009, he worked with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine on a push encouraging US public schools to offer healthier vegetarian options in cafeterias. The campaign materials quoted him linking the issue to children’s health and to his perspective as a parent.
“I’ve never had any desire to eat meat. In fact, when I was a kid I would have a really difficult time eating meat at all. It had to be the perfect bite, with no fat or gristle or bone or anything like that…. I don’t judge people who eat meat—that’s not for me to say—but the whole thing just sort of bums me out.”2Peta. 2008. Tobey Maguire Bans Leather at Home. Available: https://www.peta.org/blog/tobey-maguire-bans-leather-home/ [Accessed 11 March 2021].
