Line #82 Trivia/SpiderManHomecoming


1	!!General Trivia:
2	* This is the first, and so far only MCU film to contain a cameo from a ''Series/{{Community}}'' actor that wasn't directed by Creator/TheRussoBrothers.
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4	!!Trivia Tropes:
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6	* ActingInTheDark: Creator/GwynethPaltrow thought she was shooting a scene for an ''Avengers'' movie. She didn't realize it was for ''Spider-Man'' until years later.[[note]]She wasn't being '''intentionally''' kept in the dark. She just honestly thought she was shooting a scene for a different project.[[/note]]
7	* ActorSharedBackground:
8	** This version of Aunt May is Italian-American, according to Mr. Delmar the deli owner. So is her actress Creator/MarisaTomei.
9	** Laura Harrier is mixed race just like Liz is.
10	** Abe Brown is a Ghanian residing in the United States, much like his actor Abraham Attah.
11	* ApprovalOfGod:
12	** Both Creator/TobeyMaguire and Creator/AndrewGarfield praised Tom Holland's performance as Peter Parker in the film.
13	** Creator/StanLee also spoke positively about Tom Holland's performance as Peter Parker/Spider-Man on his [[https://twitter.com/therealstanlee/status/997921856119234561?lang=en Twitter account]], saying that Holland came the closest to how Stan envisioned the character (particularly in his age and height).
14	* BillingDisplacement:
15	** Jacob Batalon and Laura Harrier get billed below Creator/{{Zendaya}} (and don't even get to appear on the poster) despite the fact that Ned and Liz have much larger roles than Michelle does as Peter's best friend/SecretKeeper and love interest, respectively.
16	** [[spoiler:Creator/GwynethPaltrow gets ''fourth'' place billing in the end credits despite only appearing as Pepper Potts in a cameo less than a minute long.]]
17	** Creator/JenniferConnelly wasn't even in the animated CBB despite voicing the A.I installed in the Spider-Man suit.
18	* CaliforniaDoubling: Though the majority of the movie takes place in Queens, New York, much of the movie was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional footage shot in Germany. A portion of the film was still shot in the real New York City, though.
19	* TheCastShowoff: Creator/TomHolland is a trained and experienced dancer and gymnast, which made it easier for him to perform a lot of his own stuntwork.
20	* {{Corpsing}}: [[spoiler:Captain America cracks a bit while making a PSA]] in TheStinger. After it's over, he asks, "How many more of these [do I have to make]?", indicating he thinks they are just as silly as the audience.
21	* CreatorBacklash: Creator/MichaelMando retweeted a fan in 2022 that expressed dissatisfaction for this film's SequelHook for the Scorpion, [[AbortedArc only for it to have gone nowhere in recent years]].
22	* TheDanza: Ghanaian teen actor Abraham Attah portrays a student named Abraham Brown; the character, a minor character and brother to the more well-known Hobie Brown, has existed since 1974, however, so the name wasn't created for Attah. In the Spanish dub, he's even voiced by Abraham Vega, taking it a step further.
23	* DawsonCasting: Laura Harrier was 26 at the time of filming, playing the high-school student Liz Allan. It actually became a point of criticism as next to the much more convincing Creator/TomHolland, the age difference really sticks out.
24	* DeletedScene: [[DeletedScene/MarvelCinematicUniverse See here]].
25	* DuelingWorks: Came out one month after ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}''. Both ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Homecoming'' feature a top tier iconic hero of their respective comics publisher (DC and Marvel). Said hero is [[SuperStrength super strong]], [[NiceGuy good-hearted]] and somewhat initially naive. Both were introduced on film as part of an ensemble cast in 2016 in their respective universe with ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' for Wonder Woman and ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' for Spider-Man. Both films got equally raving reviews. ''Wonder Woman'' ended up the strongest at the domestic box office, grossing over $412 million while ''Homecoming'' ended up just over $330 million (which is nothing to scoff at nonetheless). ''Homecoming'' won internationally however, with over $880 million and counting vs ''Wonder Woman'''s $821.7 million (being released in 30 more countries than ''WW'' didn't hurt).
26	** The two films also ended up airing their network premieres on TV exactly one week apart in the UK at Christmas 2020. Spider-Man Homecoming was on BBC One on 22nd December, and Wonder Woman was on ITV on 29th December.
27	* DyeingForYourArt: As usual for superhero leads, Creator/TomHolland gained several pounds of muscle for the part.
28	* EpilepticTrees: A decidedly gothic-looking girl with white hair who appears as a background character in various scenes is believed by several fans to be the MCU incarnation of [[ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy]].
29	* FakeAmerican:
30	** Creator/TomHolland, a Brit, is playing an American superhero.
31	** One of Peter Parker's classmates, Betty Brant, is played by Angourie Rice, an Australian.
32	** Canadian-born Creator/MichaelMando as Mac Gargan.
33	* FlipFlopOfGod: Jon Watts [[http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/07/spider-man-homecoming-no-sense-powers/ claimed]] that the MCU Spider-Man won't have SpiderSense due to not wanting to "lean" on it. This is in spite of the fact that this power was subtly utilized in ''Civil War''. Kevin Feige then [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/05/spider-man-homecoming-producer-kevin-feige-on-whether-the-spider-sense-exists-in-the-mcu said]] that he ''did'' have it but intended for the film to make it "second nature" rather than an over-the-top reaction like the Raimi or Webb films. Spidey definitely has SpiderSense in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
34	** In this film, one may look at the moment where he reacts to Adrian sending his wing pack flying at him from behind without looking. Reacting with no surprise, he dodges at exactly the right moment, but nothing is made of how he knew. Bonus points for its similarity to a scene from the final confrontation with Norman Osborn in the 2002 film (where Peter's reaction - a similar backflip - being preceded by his Spider-Sense tingling was more explicitly shown.)
35	* GodNeverSaidThat: One regarding a rumor behind Michael Barbieri's casting. Hot off of the controversy of the RaceLift of the Ancient One in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', there were rumors that Barbieri's character would be a Caucasian version of Ganke Lee, the Korean-American best friend of ComicBook/MilesMorales, causing certain circles to decry Marvel as once again being discriminatory against Asian actors. Director Jon Watts was quick to debunk the rumor, however, stating that [[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/director-jon-watts-debunks-recent-spider-man-homecoming-a142632 Barbieri's character would not be Ganke, nor a character based on Ganke]]. It was later revealed that Jacob Batalon's version of Ned Leeds will adopt Ganke's traits (which would avoid bringing up issues with race, since Batalon is Filipino), avoiding the issue altogether. In the end, Barbieri's character ended up being Charles Murphy, a very minor character from the original ''Amazing Spider-Man'' comics, who was white to begin with.
36	* InspirationForTheWork:
37	** [[http://screenrant.com/spider-man-homecoming-vulture-parallel-villain/ Amy Pascal]], and the screenwriters admitted that they drew on Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/{{High and Low\|1963}}'' for influences on how to re-imagine the Vulture, and Creator/KevinFeige actually saw the film for the first time during their collaboration:
38	--> '''Kevin Feige''': "I will tell you, I haven’t brought it up before, is we wanted a ground level villain. We wanted a villain to parallel Peter’s journey of what’s it like to be a normal person in this world. And an example that Amy [Pascal] used and it became a touch point ... was a film by Akira Kurosawa called ''High and Low'', which I hadn’t seen before. And that we watched a number of times. And other than just exposing me to a great movie I’d never seen, which I appreciated ... it was a great touch point of inspiration from Amy about somebody [[GrassIsGreener who looks up at a wealthy person]] almost in a tower every day in their life and feels the need to respond to that in a villainous way.”
39	** Jon Watts said that his main inspiration for his take on high school Peter was ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' by Bendis and ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane.''
40	** Feige cited the films of Creator/JohnHughes as a major influence.
41	* MethodActing: Creator/TomHolland attended New York City's Bronx High School of Science for a few days to get a feel for what American high school is like. He declared that he'd initially suggested it as a joke, and was quite surprised when the execs took it seriously.
42	* MilestoneCelebration: This film was released in 2017, the 55th anniversary of the character. It's also the centennial of Creator/JackKirby, the co-creator of ''ComicBook/IronMan'', and who while having minimal involvement in ''Spider-Man'' (Ditko/Lee) '''did''' pencil the original famous cover of ''Amazing Fantasy #15''. 2017 is also the 90th birthday of Spider-Man's co-creator Creator/SteveDitko.
43	* MissingTrailerScene:
44	** The signature shot in the trailer of Spider-Man and Iron Man swinging/flying toward the camera is not in the movie itself and was made exclusively for the trailers.
45	** Peter doesn't kiss Liz at the homecoming dance.
46	** The shot with The Vulture descending down the interior of the recognizable Atlanta Marriott Marquis isn't in the final film.
47	* TheOtherMarty: The first Brazilian trailer had Hélio Ribeiro as the voice of the Vulture. However, Ribeiro had to make a trip before recording his lines, so the Vulture was voiced by Garcia Junior instead.
48	* PlayingAgainstType:
49	** Creator/MichaelKeaton playing a supervillain might come as a bit of a culture shock to fans of the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman\|1989}}'' movie, where he played the title superhero. For others, it's right up his alley.
50	** Zendaya herself describes Michelle as a dry, awkward bookworm. This is quite a far cry for her, since she's best known as an IdolSinger sitcom star.
51	* PromotedFanboy: Much like Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/TomHolland has mentioned in interviews that he was a big Spider-Man fan to begin with, and getting the role was a dream come true for him. In a promotional video for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Holland added that he never imagined that he'd be a part of the setting, much less playing Spider-Man, after watching the first movie.
52	* RealLifeRelative: The Spider-suit A.I. a.k.a. "Karen" is voiced by Creator/JenniferConnelly, the wife of Creator/PaulBettany a.k.a. J.A.R.V.I.S. and ComicBook/TheVision.
53	* RealitySubtext: Tom Holland has become rather infamous for his inability to keep his mouth shut about Marvel secrets in interviews. The opening scene to ''Homecoming'' shows Peter Parker recording his entire trip to Berlin and fight with Captain America and his allies while Happy Hogan chastises him for failing to be discreet.
54	* RealSongThemeTune: "Blitzkrieg Bop" by Music/TheRamones plays over the end credits.
55	* RecycledScript:
56	** The Vulture was slated to be the BigBad of both the third entry (before getting replaced by Venom) and the supposed fourth entry of the now ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. Ironically, the iteration of Vulture from the third film was supposed to be played by Creator/BenKingsley a.k.a. the decoy/fake Mandarin from ''Film/IronMan3''.
57	** Likewise, the first [[TheStinger stinger]] ([[TrollingCreator not that the second one matters]]) strongly implies [[spoiler:the formation of the the Sinister Six]], the supposed third entry of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''.
58	* RomanceOnTheSet: After years of speculation and rumours, it was finally confirmed in 2021 that Tom Holland and Zendaya were dating. The shooting of this film is where they met. Although, they presumably did not start dating until the production of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' and according to reports, both were dating other people during the production of ''Homecoming'' and ''Far From Home''. (Creator/{{Zendaya}} was dating her ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' costar Jacob Elordi in 2019).
59	* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy:
60	** Several pieces of merchandise depicted Shocker #2 in an MCU-style costume, complete with a mask and second gauntlet. He never wears anything remotely similar to that in the actual movie, so this was likely the merchandisers trying to make him look a little more "toyetic".
61	** Due to production costs, most of the Vulture action figures have significantly undersized wings. One of the few figures to accurately depict his wingspan's scale is the Marvel Legends version, which had the wings as a Build-a-Figure.
62	* SpoiledByTheMerchandise:
63	** While the Tinkerer had already been heavily rumored, the surprising announcement that the Shocker would be in the movie was accidentally made at a panel for Diamond Collectibles' toy line for the movie.
64	** Photos of Spider-Man action figures in his homemade costume spoiled the fact that it was a lot more important than previously thought.
65	* StuntDouble: Two of Creator/TomHolland's stunt doubles in this film, Holland Diaz and David Elson, have been stunt doubles for previous cinematic incarnations of Spider-Man. Diaz was a stunt double for Creator/TobeyMaguire in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', while Elson was a stunt double for Creator/AndrewGarfield in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
66	* ThrowItIn:
67	** According to Creator/TomHolland, the majority of scenes between Tony and Peter are improvised by Holland and Downey.
68	** The poster of Spidey lying down in front of Avengers Tower uses a picture a photographer took of Tom Holland napping in-between takes, without Holland's knowledge.
69	** Ned wearing the Spider-Man mask came from a point in production where Holland and Batalon weren't allowed to leave the bedroom set between filming and they started playing around with the props.
70	* TrollingCreator:
71	** The post-credits [[TheStinger Stinger]] is [[spoiler:a cheesy infomercial from Captain America about the virtues of patience. It's a deliberate troll job on people who were expecting a tease for a future movie.]]
72	--->[[spoiler:'''Captain America''']]: [[spoiler:Sometimes it leads to very little and it seems like it’s not worth it. And you wonder why you waited so long.]]
73	** To say nothing of the whole thing with Michelle [[spoiler:being "MJ" all along -- in spite of her actress repeatedly saying that this would not be the case -- and this fact being revealed rather anticlimactically in the context of the movie itself]]. There was a later clarification explaining that [[spoiler:"MJ" isn't necessarily a stand-in for Mary Jane]], but it makes one wonder why the movie had an insane degree of cover-up for what's effectively a non-spoiler.
74	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
75	** [[Series/RedBandSociety Charlie Rowe]] was the runner-up for [[Comicbook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] before the casting of Creator/TomHolland.
76	*** Creator/AsaButterfield, Creator/CharliePlummer, [[Film/TheBabysitter2017 Judah Lewis]] and Creator/MatthewLintz also screen-tested for the role of Spider-Man. Lintz would later go on to portray Bruno Carrelli in ''{{Series/Ms Marvel\|2022}}''.
77	*** Creator/TimotheeChalamet, Creator/ChandlerRiggs, Creator/NatWolff, Creator/KJApa, [[Series/DeadlyClass Liam James]], Creator/DylanMinnette, Creator/TonyRevolori and Creator/JosephQuinn auditioned for Spider-Man as well before the casting of Holland. Revolori would eventually go on to play Flash Thompson in the film, while Quinn would portray [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Johnny Storm]] in ''[[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Fantastic Four]]''.
78	** Creator/JohnLeguizamo was approached for the part of Adrian Toomes before Creator/MichaelKeaton was cast. Leguizamo was later offered a much smaller role to compensate for losing the part, but he refused, feeling he was used as a pawn to get Keaton back.
79	---> '''Leguizamo:''' "I was supposed to be the Vulture, we had negotiated and I was about to play him, and they said that Michael Keaton wanted it back and they asked me if I would give it up. I said, 'Well, okay I guess.' They said, 'No, we'll work with you again, we're gonna...' That's what happened there".
80	*** Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/MichaelShannon and Creator/WoodyHarrelson were also considered for the role of the Vulture before the casting of Keaton. Harrelson would later go on to play [[ComicBook/{{Carnage}} Cletus Kasady]] in Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.
81	** Creator/JonathanLevine, [[Film/HiddenFigures Theodore Melfi]], [[Film/PitchPerfect Jason Moore]], [[Film/NapoleonDynamite Jared Hess]] and Creator/JohnFrancisDaley [[Film/{{Vacation}} and Jonathan Goldstein]] were considered to direct the movie before Creator/JonWatts was hired. Daley and Goldstein would eventually go on to write the screenplay for the film.
82	** Marvel originally considered integrating ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' into the setting, which would have meant that Creator/AndrewGarfield could have continued playing the character. The decision to reboot the franchise again had to do with [[TheOtherDarrin Sony looking to recast Garfield anyway]] after the latter's CreatorBacklash towards the company for [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling]] with ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''.
83	** The idea of having Spider-Man in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse goes all the way back to its conception stages, as there had been three attempts at making the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' a part of the universe. One of the drafts for ''Film/IronMan1'' mentioned that Tony Stark had some degree of involvement in the creation of [[Film/SpiderMan2 Otto Octavius' robotic tentacles]], Nick Fury's appearance in TheStinger would've had him allude to Spider-Man, and Creator/TobeyMaguire was planned to cameo as Peter Parker in ''{{Film/The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}''. Due to Marvel Studios and Sony being unable to come to an agreement at the time, both attempts fell.
84	** Jon Watts originally wanted ComicBook/NickFury to be the MCU character who would mentor Peter, which would have made it similar to the Ultimate comics and [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon]], but the execs suggested Iron Man instead since the characters already knew each other in ''Civil War''. Fury [[spoiler: or rather, [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Talos the Skrull filling in for Fury]]]], wound later up mentoring Peter in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', [[spoiler:Iron Man dying in ''Avengers: Endgame'' likely being the reason why]].
85	** According to the writers, Vulture was originally going to be Peter's teacher, before they decided to have him away from the school.
86	** The [[spoiler:Pepper Potts]] cameo nearly didn't happen, but was added during reshoots.
87	** One possible Spider-Man costume would have been based off of the one used during ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan''.
88	** [[spoiler:The original ending was going to have Peter reveal himself as Spider-Man in front of the press conference, in a recreation of the famous ''ComicBook/{{Civil War\|2006}}'' moment where he unmasks himself, which was changed to [[NotHisSled not doing this]], though during ''Far from Home'', the KarmaHoudini lackeys of the defeated Mysterio use a doctored video where Mysterio outs him anyway.]]
89	** The Ferry Rescue scene was almost much different. While a production picture showed Spidey saving someone while Iron Man, War Machine and Vision helped out, rumor claims that originally the Vulture would have been fully responsible for the Ferry's destruction and Peter would have come out of the incident more popular than Tony. The rumor said that [[ExecutiveMeddling Avi Arad forced them to change it]].
90	** There were originally going to be more "Rappin' With Cap" [=PSAs=], where Captain America talks about fire safety, tooth decay and puberty.
91	** John Francis Daley wanted to have a direct reference to Uncle Ben, a scene where May gives Ben's old clothes to Peter when he was getting ready for homecoming, but the idea was eventually abandoned.
92	* WordOfGod: Martin Starr, who plays Mr. Harrington, previously had a cameo as "Computer Nerd" in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''. Creator/KevinFeige eventually confirmed that both of Starr's roles are the same person.
93	* WordOfSaintPaul:
94	** When asked what he thinks the "Instant Kill Mode" does, Tom Holland expressed his belief that it was probably a NonIndicativeName and was more akin to an EMP bomb than an actual mode for killing people. [[spoiler:''Film/AvengersEndgame'' eventually cleared it up that it was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, at least for the Iron Spider suit.]]
95	** According to the screenwriters, Michelle has a difficult home life that informs her guarded and snarky demeanor.
96	* WorkingTitle: ''Summer of George''.
97	* YouLookFamiliar: Kenneth Choi, who plays Principal Morita, previously played his grandfather Jim Morita in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', making this a case of IdenticalGrandson. You can spot a portrait of grandfather Morita in his office.

Context Trivia / SpiderManHomecoming