50 Fun Facts About Spider-Man: Homecoming

Who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming?

He was on the set of Civil War for Spider-Man's scenes so the two films would connect seamlessly, and returned for both sequels.

Homecoming was which numbered film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

It arrived in Phase Three, between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok.

What business was Adrian Toomes running before he turned to crime?

A government agency takes the contract away, and Toomes keeps the alien tech his crew has already scavenged.

What is the name of the government partnership with Tony Stark that pushes Toomes out of business?

Tyne Daly plays its head, Anne Marie Hoag; the agency later got its own storyline in Ms. Marvel.

Whose technology does Toomes's crew scavenge to build their weapons?

The leftovers of the 2012 invasion also power the Vulture's wings and the unstable core Peter and Ned pull from a weapon.

Peter attends which Queens magnet institution?

Tom Holland spent a few days undercover at the real Bronx High School of Science to prepare, and nobody believed he had been cast as Spider-Man.

Which school team does Peter quit, and then rejoin, to follow the weapons trail out of New York?

The coach is played by a Freaks and Geeks alumnus; the trip is why the team ends up trapped in a monument's elevator.

Who is the first person to discover Peter's secret identity in the film?

He is on Peter's bed building the Death Star Lego set when Peter crawls in through the window.

Who plays Ned?

Lewis Pullman also auditioned; the character was based partly on Miles Morales's best friend from the comics.

Which comic character was the main basis for Ned, whose last name is not spoken in this film?

He is only given the surname Leeds in Far From Home.

Where does the Vulture drop Peter after their first encounter?

Stark's remote-piloted Iron Man armour fishes him out and delivers a lecture.

Which criminal, uncle of Miles Morales in the comics, tries to buy weapons from Toomes's crew?

Donald Glover plays him, and Watts told Glover he would cut the character entirely if he turned the part down.

Where does the national tournament that Peter's team travels to take place?

The team's sightseeing ends with an alien power core exploding in an elevator shaft.

What does the exploding alien power core trap Peter's classmates inside?

The writers gave Peter a fear of heights specifically so the climb up the monument would feel dangerous.

Which vehicle is torn in half by a malfunctioning weapon while Peter fights the Vulture?

A replica was built in Atlanta that could split in 10 to 12 seconds and flood with 40,000 gallons of water in 8.

What does Stark do to punish Peter after the ferry incident?

'If you're nothing without this suit, then you shouldn't have it,' Stark tells him.

What does Peter learn when he arrives to pick up Liz for the homecoming dance?

Feige said the whole film would fail if that reveal did not land, so the story was built backwards and forwards from it.

Where does the plane Peter is clinging to finally crash?

It was one of the first sequences the writers pitched: Spider-Man 10,000 feet up with no safety net.

What was the plane carrying?

Toomes planned to hijack it in flight using a cloaked craft, an effect inspired by BAE Systems' infrared tank camouflage.

What does Peter decide when Stark invites him to join the Avengers full time at the end?

Stark had a press conference ready; the moment instead becomes a joke about Pepper and a ring.

Who walks in as Peter is putting on his suit in the final scene?

Feige compared the moment to Stark's 'I am Iron Man' at the end of the first MCU film.

Who confronts Toomes in prison in the mid-credits scene, asking about Spider-Man's identity?

Toomes denies knowing it, a moment of redemption Watts said the character needed; Gargan is the comics' Scorpion.

What is the second post-credits scene?

It was a last-minute addition and a joke at the expense of anyone who had just waited through the entire credits.

Who plays Adrian Toomes / Vulture?

He briefly dropped out over a clash with The Founder; John Leguizamo was in negotiations before Keaton's schedule cleared.

Which Hamilton creator turned down the villain role because filming followed straight after his Broadway run?

He said he would have been deeply miscast; Mark Hamill was also interested if Keaton passed.

Watts wanted the Vulture to be a 'regular guy' closer to which minor MCU character?

Co-producer Eric Carroll called Toomes 'the dark Tony Stark', a businessman who just wants his shot at the good life.

Zendaya's character Michelle was compared by Watts to which Breakfast Club character?

He also cited Lindsay Weir from Freaks and Geeks; the young cast called themselves The Breakfast Club on set.

What initials is Michelle given at the end of the film?

She is not Mary Jane Watson, but the writers wanted to plant the seed; her full name, Michelle Jones-Watson, came out in No Way Home.

Who plays Flash Thompson, reimagined as a rich, smug rival rather than a jock?

He had auditioned for Peter Parker, gained 60 pounds for the part and received death threats over the casting.

Who voices Karen, the AI in Peter's Stark-built suit?

Her husband, Paul Bettany, voiced J.A.R.V.I.S., the AI the suit's system was modelled on.

Which Avenger appears only in public service announcements played at Peter's school?

Watts was inspired by the President's Fitness Challenge; more of the videos are on the home release.

Which Incredible Hulk (2008) bit-part actor returns as Mr. Harrington, the decathlon coach?

Kenneth Choi, who was Jim Morita in The First Avenger, plays the principal, a descendant of that character.

What is Stan Lee's cameo?

He leans out of a window to scold Peter during the confrontation with a neighbour.

Kirk Thatcher's 'punk' cameo is an homage to his role in which film?

Thatcher played the punk on the bus in the 1986 film; here he is on the subway.

What was the film's working title during production?

It is a Seinfeld reference; Far From Home would be shot as Fall of George.

Where was most of the film shot?

Holland said building New York sets there was cheaper than shooting in New York; the production only moved to Queens and Staten Island at the end.

Under the 2015 studio deal, which company kept final creative control and distribution?

No money changed hands for the deal itself; Marvel produced creatively and kept its 5% of first-dollar gross.

Which two actors were the front-runners for Peter Parker before the final decision?

Six finalists screen-tested with Robert Downey Jr. out of a search of over 1,500 actors; Holland then also tested with Chris Evans.

Which director's teen films did Kevin Feige name as a major influence?

Watts separately cited Can't Buy Me Love, Say Anything... and Almost Famous as favourite coming-of-age films.

Which classic 1966 comic issue is honoured by the scene of Peter trapped under rubble?

Feige had wanted the 1966 image on screen for years, so the writers put it in for him.

Which Spider-Man staple did Marvel deliberately leave out, saying it would need to feel contemporary?

Mary Jane Watson was skipped too, and Uncle Ben is referenced but never named.

Who composed the score, accidentally announced by Feige while promoting Doctor Strange?

His score works in the theme from the 1960s animated series over the Marvel logo.

Why is Iron Man's Mark XLVII armour just a recolour of the Civil War suit?

Feige asked for the colours to echo the Ultimate Iron Man comics.

How much was Robert Downey Jr. paid for his role in Homecoming?

Sony's Tom Rothman said Stark mattered beyond the commercial boost because of the mentorship set up in Civil War.

Roughly how much did Homecoming gross worldwide?

That made it the top superhero film of 2017 and, at the time, the second-most-successful Spider-Man movie.

What was the film's opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada?

Only Spider-Man 3's $151.1 million had opened bigger for the character or for Sony.

Which film knocked Homecoming off the top of the North American box office in its second weekend?

Its 62% second-weekend drop was similar to those of Spider-Man 3 and the second Andrew Garfield film.

Which country was the film's largest market outside the U.S. and Canada?

It opened there two months after the U.S., in September, and South Korea gave it its highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2017.

The actor playing the Vulture had previously played which superhero, in 1989 and 1992?

It made him a rare actor to play a DC hero and a Marvel villain; he said he had no hesitation about another comic-book part.

Which two direct sequels followed Homecoming?

A new trilogy then began with Spider-Man: Brand New Day in 2026.