"Captain America: Civil War" codirectors, Joe and Anthony Russo, spoke with Forbes about the upcoming blockbuster. While Marvel is notoriously secretive when discussing plot details, the pair revealed Spider-Man's role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how his late addition affected shooting.
When filming for "Civil War" began, the deal between Sony Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Disney to include the webslinger was still being worked out and Spider-Man's role in the film wasn't secured. But, as Comic Book Resources reports, the directors didn't have a back-up plan in case they weren't able to include Spider-Man in the film. Even though Marvel execs warned them the deal may not finish in time, if at all.
“It was a very complicated business arrangement for Marvel Studios to be able to use Spider-Man from Sony," Anthony Russo said in December. "So, we were always told by Marvel ‘Don't count on it, you may not get to use Spider-Man, so you better have a plan B’ And we were like ‘Okay, we get it, we have a plan B if [we] don't get Spider-Man; we'll figure the movie out.’ But the truth is, we never had a plan B. We only have envisioned the movie with Spider-Man."
But when Spider-Man officially joined the "Civil War," the directors had to juggle filming the movie in addition to auditioning and signing on a new actor to play Peter Parker.
"We went through a very thorough casting process," Anthony Russo told Forbes. "We tested Tom Holland vigorously with Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. We screen tested [Holland] along with several other actors. It was a very intense part of making 'Captain America: Civil War' because he was an important part of the movie to us."
Actor Tom Holland (left) was cast as Spider-Man. Here he is with "In the Heart of the Sea" costar and Thor actor, Chris Hemsworth.When Spider-Man was finally unveiled in the new trailer, the internet focused its full attention onto Holland, Spidey, and his new suit. Anthony Russo added that there's still a lot to be revealed about Spider-Man's overall look and role in the film.
"And there is still effects work that needs to be done on it," added Joe Russo.
The directors confirmed to Forbes that Spider-Man's look will evolve as his character arc dictates, should he reappear in later films. (They wouldn't confirm if he'll be in any of the upcoming "Avengers" films, coming in 2018 and 2019.)
"We like making strong choices with characters," Joe Russo said. "So while this might be a slightly more traditional 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."
Most interesting about their discussion on Spidey's suit is that "Civil War" will explain the features of Parker's suit, including the moving eyes and webshooters:
"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," Joe Russo said."Everybody wants the answers yesterday, but then what would be the point of seeing the movie?"
"Captain America: Civil War" is in theaters May 6.
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