Editing Tobey Maguire (section)

===1989–1995: Early career===
[[File:Tobey Maguire 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Maguire at the 2006 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
Maguire's first appearance in a feature film was in ''[[The Wizard (1989 film)|The Wizard]]'' (1989) as an extra.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mackie |first=Drew |date=18 December 2014 |title=25 Years Later, Revel in the Nostalgia of The Wizard |url=https://people.com/celebrity/the-wizard-25th-anniversary/ |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=18 December 2014 |archive-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830154352/https://people.com/celebrity/the-wizard-25th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was cast as the lead in the FOX TV series ''[[Great Scott! (TV series)|Great Scott!]]'' in 1992, which was canceled nine weeks after premiere.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tobey Maguire comes of age |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/03/03/tobey-maguire-comes-age/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=4 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424045408/https://ew.com/article/2000/03/03/tobey-maguire-comes-age/ |archive-date=24 April 2023 |date=3 March 2000 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Maguire met fellow child actor [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] in the 1980s while auditioning for the same roles. The pair would become close friends.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=Faye |title=Inside Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire's epic bromance: from meeting as kids in Hollywood and starring in The Great Gatsby together, to partying on yachts with models Neelam Gill and Rose Bertram |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3232172/inside-leonardo-dicaprio-and-tobey-maguires-epic-bromance-meeting-kids-hollywood-and-starring-great |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=4 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115185842/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3232172/inside-leonardo-dicaprio-and-tobey-maguires-epic-bromance-meeting-kids-hollywood-and-starring-great |archive-date=15 November 2024 |date=25 August 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> For example, both auditioned for the same part in the [[Parenthood (1990 TV series)|1990 TV series]] based on the 1989 comedy ''[[Parenthood (1989 film)|Parenthood]]''. DiCaprio was cast, and Maguire later got a guest role at least partly on DiCaprio's recommendation. The same scenario played out during casting for the 1993 movie ''[[This Boy's Life (film)|This Boy's Life]]'' (featuring [[Robert De Niro]] as the lead): DiCaprio got the main role of teenager Tobias "Toby" Wolff, and Maguire got a part as one of his friends.