Secrets of Spiderman

This is ridiculously peripheral to St. Bernard Parish and our work here, but I promised a friend I would put this on the blog. Maybe it will get links and get more people reading, and get more people volunteering to help the Gulf Coast recover. Fat Spiderman, you’re saving New Orleans!!!
Let me explain. I worked this week with an Englishman who lives in LA and does digital special effects for Sony’s shop. He worked on Spiderman 3 (as well as Ghost Rider and the upcoming I Am Legend) and said he was very proud of the cool graphics he helped create for Sandman in Spiderman 3. He was also really proud of his co-workers who trimmed Tobey Maguire’s belly.
Apparently, Tobey got tubby before he made the third movie — after buffing out for the first two. The digital effects folks had to cut off his flab on a lot of the shots. Good times.
Also, any shot of Spidey in a mask is not Tobey Maguire. It's a stunt double.
The special effects guy wouldn’t tell me anything about I Am Legend, including why the world ends and why Will Smith is the last person on earth.
More importantly, I really enjoyed meeting him and his wife. It's really remarkable that, as English citizens, they came to Louisiana to help. Thank you.