2016 will be a year of firsts for superhero movies.
Characters like Deadpool, Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Apocalypse, Harley
Quinn, and Doctor Strange will appear for the very first time on the big
screen, which will also see the momentous occasion when Batman and Superman
face off in a battle for the ages (hopefully).
Another occasion to be eager for is the rebirth of
Spider-Man, who joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil
War, but how exactly will he differ from the previous films? Well, speaking to
Comicbook.com, Civil War directors Anthony and Joe Russo explain the main
differences.
"We took a very personal approach to the
character," revealed Joe Russo. "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."
And that authenticity goes far beyond the casting as includes
Peter Parker's living accommodation with his Aunt May.
"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 [Sam] Raimi’s Spider-Man was… those
were very expensive homes," said Joe Russo. "We wanted to relate it
to the reality… A character growing up with his aunt in New York, a single
income family… Where would they live? What would that look like? Where could
they afford to live? We asked ourselves all those questions. We try to take a
very logical and realistic and naturalistic approach to the character. Again,
in combination those are all of the things that we try to do, and of course, to
bring our own touches, too."
While the length and importance of Spider-Man's role in Captain America:
Civil War is still unclear to us, his introduction to the cinematic universe
had to fit with the tone of the movie.
"We’re bringing Spider-Man into the movie in that
universe, now, in that specific tonal stylistic world," said Anthony Russo.
"I think underscoring everything Joe was saying about your question in
terms of how were we thinking about the character in relation to past
interpretations of the character, part of our choices were all so colored by
the specifics of the world what we were playing in with these two Captain
America movies, meaning Winter
Soldier and Civil War. It’s a very
specific tonal world. It’s a little more grounded and a little more hard-core
contemporary. That was also coloring our choices a lot about the character on
Spider-Man."
Captain America: Civil War opens on July 28, 1017.
Source - Comicbook.com
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