Spider-Man: Homecoming - 26 New Things We Just Learned

16. It's Small Scale On Purpose

There might be lots of action, as we saw in the trailers, but Spider-Man isn't at the same level as the Avengers yet. He's still a kid, and over-reaching wouldn't be right for him. That's exactly why they were drawn to the director, whose work on Cop Car appealed to them.

In order to sell that Watts had to balance action with a story that's small enough that Spider-Man would be allowed to save the day without the Avengers interfering. As such it's also much more small scale and less glamorous:

“The other movies have shown what I described as the Penthouse level of the Marvel world... When he’s in the alley changing into his suit, it’s more like a guy trying to pull on long johns, than it is an awesome thing. And we think this is a fun twist on all this because putting on an onesie is not sexy. It’s not cool.”

Tom Holland adds his own take:

“We’ve seen the sort of Norse God, we’ve seen the billionaire, we’ve seen the soldier – now we get to see the kid. What would a 15-year-old boy do with super powers? So the opening act to the movie, you see Peter really trying do discover who he is and what he can do… And that was something I was very passionate about.”