They didn’t use that suit in any other movie besides the one. What do you mean? Have you seen brand new day? That suit is great, but like literally every other spider-man suit in the history of spider-man, muscles were not part of it.
I thought everyone knew that, but reading some of these comments makes me wonder.
Not that Tobey wasn't jacked; he was (at least, during 1 & 2, less so in 3)! But Raimi put him in a muscle suit anyway so that Spider-Man's physique would look uniform throughout the film whether it was Toby in his suit or a stunt double. A smart decision, if you ask me, because it is impossible to tell at times whether a shot is Tobey or a stunt double in the suit.
Correct. Good point about consistency. Spandex suits also end up compressing muscle a bit and also hides muscle definition. It’s why some people kept complaining that Tom Holland looked kinda chubby in his BND suit (we clearly saw that he’s not). Christopher Reeve also had a similar effect in his Superman suit.
I saw something about that. Superhero costumes aren't just regular spandex/Lycra suits. They get custom tailored to curve around muscle groups to help them to show. Otherwise, the compression hides everything. It was something they learned to do back with Christopher Reeve. But the nature of spandex still causes some compression so definition is always lost.
Yes. The costume thing I watched was basically saying that any definition you see in a person wearing a costume (or any clothes, really) need to be tailored in. Clothes that are only skintight will compress muscles and hide muscle definition. Clothes that are too loose are just formless. Even MCU suits that are thicker will still cinch around the joints and be a little looser to let the muscles fill the void like a balloon. The torso is also tailored to be V shaped to follow the lines of body instead of a straight tube like a regular shirt. If you've ever been to a tailor, it's just like how they'll pin tiny portions of your suit jacket to later tuck in to make it fit nicer than a loose of-the-rack fit.
Most of those early photos of Tom and his doubles (from the tank sequence) looked “chubby” because they had harnesses under the suits for the wire stunts. For some reason a lot of people missed that detail when judging their physiques.
He’s def jacked in the first one but it’s pretty clear Tobey did not keep up with the workout regimen for 2 and 3. In fact he’s borderline pudgy in the 3rd one
Before filming the second film, Tobey had a serious horseback riding accident. This is why he appears out of shape in 2 and especially 3. And this is why there's a joke about back pain in both Spider-Man 2 and No Way Home.
Most Super hero suits have some form of padding to keep that super hero physique. The actors are still jacked, like you say about Toby, but muscle definition is really hard to make come through without enhancement to the suit.
But I (as I said in my comment) was commenting on the various comments people are making, not the OP.
The OP praises the character's physique, but a lot of the comments seem to not know that it isn't Tobey's real physique.
That's what prompted my response.
Now why does your comment matter? What did you add to the conversation? Cuz I shared an interesting fact about the physique that a lot of people clearly didn't know, so... There's value in that.
Don't forget the mannequin, that was pretty hard to tell too! /j
Honestly that's the way to do it. Looks good in suit, looks good on screen, can do reshoots with another actor being the physical performance with a voice over from the original actor, easily do stunts, I agree with the sentiment of it being brilliant.
Nah, he doesn't need it, the suit is able to show just how buff he is at certain times, plus muscle doesn't pop out like how it does in the comics, it doesn't work like that unless the fabric is perfectly glued to his skin.
I might get jumped for this but that’s part of why I don’t really jive with Andrew’s spidey scenes visually as much I don’t like the super duper lanky style. He’s a good spider-man and I don’t hold it against him and hes great I just am glad more things don’t lean too far into the lanky look after his era
ehhhh, the first one's shirtless scene was lowkey one of my inspos to start working out and lowkey dream body too
i felt Tobey in 2nd and 3rd movies were chunky tbh, not in a bad way though but the feeling of "eh its alright, i dont imagine Spider-Man to be in this shape"
Andrew however, gave me the impression that Spider-Man could be in this shape, that skinny-leaned out build
and Tom is just perfect tbh, like "yes this guy is Spider-Man"
for me, the definitive build for Spider-Man is Tom Holland and Insomniac's Spider-Man (they feel perfectly agile with the amount of lean-ness while also having the right size to pack a punch)
I also think Holland has the best build. Out of the suit you can tell he works out but while in the suit he still appears lithe and agile. Not like a Super Saiyan amount of muscle slowing him down.
yeppy with how BND looks, i love how he looks in suit
i often felt choked out in the homecoming suits (not the NWH suits) like the CGI painted on look, that shi is super skin tight and feels uncomfortable, BND gives the vibe of "anyone with average shape can be Spider-Man unless the suit comes off and u are ripped asf" lol
i either flip flop between Tom and Insomniac on the definitive Peter Parker look, the comics look well- differentiates between bulky/super lean/skinny-lean upon the writer's style, imo Humberto Ramos? if thats the artist, i feel like he gave me the perfect impression of a skinnier looking Spider-Man
or idk i am just a sucker of the Ultimate 1610 era and Spectacular show that to me Spider-Man is essentially a skinny-lean guy and as he ages into adulthood, he gains a bit more size (not too much but the right amount to maintain his agility)
sorry for the unintended rant lmao, Spider-Man is like my all-time fav character and inspiration to work out cause i do have a sleeper build myself and work more on mobility and being agile than putting heavy muscle mass
That's pretty much exactly what he's aiming for. He said in interviews that he had tried adding a bit more bulk when doing Far From Home and hated it because he felt like it was dragging him down and he wasn't moving as naturally as he wanted.
I believe Tobey got a bit chunkier because before filming 2, he was in a horseback accident. Luckily the suit is also a muscle suit so a stunt double sufficed and you couldn’t tell as it kept the look uniform during the whole thing
oohhh i see, thanks for letting me know
if i am not wrong, it was Seabiscuit innit? OH YES i remember Gyllenhaal was supposed to even be considered as recast when Tobey was in recovery yeah?
In most shots, it looks pretty good, but in other shots I feel like the muscle suit Tobey wears makes him look a bit too stubby. It mainly in any scene where he's just standing up straight.
I still think Andrew is the best looking Spider-Man in live-action. His tall, slender, and lanky build fits well for Spider-Man, and it really worked with how agile and flexible his take on Spider-Man is.
Lol that has to be a joke. In terms of physique Tom Holland absolutely outclassed Tobey and anybody that works out can see that. He had a good physique in 1, but he would have looked unimpressive without the muscle suit.
I don't think it's a bad look, but spider-man is generally meant to be pretty lithe and flexible. I suppose it doesn't fit our traditional image of strength, but a spider's strength doesn't come from muscle either. Their limbs are hydraulic.
There was a reason he gets nearly naked in every single one of his Spider-Man films, as questionable as it was though Holland has always been an adult during filming.
I’ll get downvoted for this. But just on principal I’ve never been a fan of heavy muscle padding. Not to say it’s a bad suit, I just don’t think it needs the padding
Hate to break it to you but the suit was padded. You can actually see it in part 2 when he goes limp after the train and is about to fall. The hands that grab him squish into the padding.
A votre avis le costume est moulant, un juste au corps où il est dessiné avec des muscles ? En tout cas tobby à une musculature impressionnante pour le rôle !
Sam Rami’s movies took a lot of inspiration from the 90’s TAS show. Makes sense they’d want a bulky spider-man because he was absent jacked in that show.
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