Last week Marvel released a trailer for “Captain America: Civil War” which showed the first footage of Tom Holland as Spider-Man. Fans were undoubtedly thrilled to see Spider-Man, but the costume that was shown in the trailer has received a mixed reaction. “Civil War” directors Joe and Anthony Russo recently spoke to Forbes and they talked the reaction to the suit.
“The design of the costume is what it is. That’s the design that we love, it’s the design that Kevin Feige loves and so on. He’s a very popular character so it’s always going to be controversial, people are always going to love or hate what you do with him, but all we can do is make sure that we love it, that we are true to ourselves and true to how we feel about the character and then hope that everybody else digs it.” Joe Russo said.
Anthony Russo emphasized that fans haven’t seen the big picture yet.
“Part of issue is that we gave such a small impression of the character in that trailer, it’s something of a Rorschach test where people can pour as much of their Spidey anxieties out but when they see the movie they are going to get a very big picture of a very complete character that they have never seen before. It’s kind of hard to react to people’s reactions but they will change radically when they see the movie.” Anthony added.
The Russo brothers went on to say that if Spider-Man appears in “Avengers: Infinity War” they are open to make changes to the suit.
“Without question. We like making strong choices with characters so while this might be a slightly more traditional, Steve Ditko influenced suit, it is certainly in our vocabulary to develop it into something more extreme as the storytelling requires. I think there are things that people will discover when they see the film about why the suit operate the way it does, why the eyes move, all that stuff is substantiated. Everybody wants the answers yesterday but then what would be the point of seeing the movie?” Joe Russo said.
The post-credits scene has been a big part of the Marvel Studios films so far and The Russos were asked if the “Civil War” post-credits scene will be used to introduce any new characters.
“We can’t say who is going to be in it but we can say that there certainly could be one, or two, maybe three.” Joe Russo said.” We can confirm that you should stay sat in your seats when the movie is done.”
“Captain America: Civil War” hits theaters on May 6 and you can check out the latest trailer below.
