SPIDER MAN - MAGUIRE COMPETES WITH GRACE FOR NEW ROLE

SPIDER-MAN star TOBEY MAGUIRE is facing tough competition for his next movie role - from THAT '70S SHOW regular TOPHER GRACE.

Maguire, 28, and 25-year-old Grace are competing to co-star with KEVIN SPACEY in the film adaptation of the BEN MEZRICH book BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, a true story about Ivy Leaguers who schemed together to win more than $3 million (GBP1.7 million) from Las Vegas casinos.

Spacey, who will play a mathematics professor leading the group, will be joined by Maguire or Grace, who will portray KEVIN LEWIS, a 20-year-old student at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY involved in the scheme.