I’m sure Tobey Maguire is happy about his Golden Globe nomination for his work in ‘Brothers,’ where his character is a traumatized war veteran who fought in Afghanistan, but he said the “dark scenes” were hard to do, especially the ones where his character was with his daughters.
“I had to do what I had to do but I was conflicted about it,” he says. “Despite the fact that you want them to react, I don’t want to hurt them emotionally. They were really amazing, mature little girls but at the same time, they’re little girls.”
I’d imagine being a father of two himself made it even harder for Tobey! This is what scares me about child actors: do they really know the difference between acting and reality? Especially the younger ones.
But congratulations to Tobey on his Golden Globe nomination 
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I really want to see this movie.
I need to see this movie. Up until this point I haven’t been too impressed with his acting. He plays every character the same, his Pleasantville character. I would love to see him step it up a notch or 10 so I need to see Brothers.
it really sounds like he gave it his all.
The movie was amazing! Everyone acted so well. I was especially impressed by the one little girl. There’s a scene where she’s with her family at the dining room table and it was just so emotional. It was hard to believe that a child could act like that!
That is such a sweet quote. I imagine it was hard because he’s a father.