In an exclusive over-the-phone interview with Anthony and Joe Russo, CBR gets the brothers to give insight into their interpolation of Spider-Man. Since the year 2000, this will be the third take on the Amazing Spider, the first being Tobey Maguire and secondly, Andrew Garfield — who was unfairly forced out of the role after putting on an excellent performance as both Spider-Man and Peter Parker.
Joe Russo told CBR that they have taken a very personal approach to the character.
“He was my favorite character growing up, so the opportunity to bring Spider-Man to the screen is a dream come true. It’s something that I spent a lot of time thinking about as a kid. 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.”
You can check the full interview below.
