After the first trailer for “Captain America: Civil War” dropped everyone was asking the same question. Where’s Spider-Man? Well unfortunately we haven’t been able to see what the new version of the wall crawler is going to look like. But ComicBook.com recently spoke to directors Anthony and Joe Russo and they revealed a few details about what we can expect from their interpretation of Spider-Man and what makes Tom Holland’s version different when compared to Tobey Maguire’s or Andrew Garfield’s.
“We took a very personal approach to the character. He was my favorite character growing up, so the opportunity to bring Spider-Man to the screen is a dream come true. It’s something that I spent a lot of time thinking about as a kid. We had thought back to the things that excited us about him as a character when we were younger, and one of the most important components of that was that he’s a high schooler burdened with incredible powers and responsibility. That really differentiates him from every other character in the Marvel universe as opposed to other superheroes. For us, it was extremely important that we cast somebody very close to the age of a high school student. The previous films had adults playing a high schooler. We wanted more of an authenticity to the casting. We were very specific about that. We wanted an energy and charisma from the character, an energy, but also an insecurity that would make him fun to watch in contrast to the confident superheroes.
It was also important to us that the actor that was cast feel contemporary because the other films that portrayed where he lived is more… they honored the comic books in terms of the choices. But you go look at the home that Tobey Maguire lived in in Raimi’s Spider-Man was… those were very expensive homes. We wanted to relate it to the reality…” Joe Russo said.
Well, one thing’s for sure, they’ve certainly got our attention. But then again they’ve had it the whole time. Spider-Man will make his MCU debut when “Captain America: Civil War” hits theaters on May 6, 2016.
