Captain America: Civil War Directors Talk Spider-Man Scenes

Mild spoilers for Captain America: Civil War follow.

Spider-Man has arrived! Captain America: Civil War is now playing in theaters and the webslinger has final come home to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

With Tom Holland taking over the role of Peter Parker, he is the third actor to play the character and introduce a fresh take on the hero since 2002. Serving as Spider-Man's sixth on screen in 14 years and the third new storyline, the character could have easily fallen victim to fan fatigue or unoriginality. That was not the case at all.

"We couldn't have been more excited," Anthony Russo, one half of Captain America: Civil War's sibling director duo tells ComicBook.com about working with their new portrayal of Spider-Man. "It was Joe's favorite character when we were young," he adds.

"I was a big comic book collector," Joe Russo says. "I've still got my collection in my closet. I started collecting when I was 10 so it was around '81 and I had a real emotional connection to that character."

There's no doubt the Russos have a passion for the characters they have the privilege of working with in their Marvel films.

"The things I loved about him as a kid was his vulnerability," Joe Russo says of Peter Parker in Civil War. The directors were burdened with differentiating their take on Spidey from previous efforts and they did just that, especially by casting the young Tom Holland for the role.

"His insecurity. His sense of humor. And a little bit of a lack of self awareness," Joe Russo goes on. "He was burdened with this incredible responsibility while he was still dealing with acne and girls and high school. So, it was really important because we hadn't seen this interpretation yet where an actor was cast who was very close in age to a high school student. That's what we were looking for in Tom Holland. Somebody who could bring the sense of vulnerability and sense of fun and sense of humor and confidence and wrap them all up in this weird bundle. I think he is alternately insecure and alternately funny. I think when he puts the mask on, there's a certain false confidence that he gets.

"In the scenes earlier with Downey where he's out of the mask, he's more of this fumbling, insecure kid who is hiding in this little room in Queens and so that also was something that was important for us to convey to the audience. A sudden, real humanity that had to be brought to the character but also the maturity. He was really a product of a kid who really lives in today's New York. We poured a lot of passion into that character."

Captain America: Civil War is now playing in theaters.