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Frequently asked about Spider-Man: Homecoming

Common questions people search for, with answers written by us at MoviesPack.

• Why was Andrew Garfield replaced?▾

  Andrew Garfield was not replaced for Spider-Man: Homecoming in the traditional sense; Sony cancelled The Amazing Spider-Man 3 after the underperformance of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014, and then struck a 2015 deal with Marvel Studios to reboot the character within the MCU. As part of that reboot, the role was recast with a younger, high-school-aged actor, and Tom Holland was chosen following an audition process.

• What is the saddest death in Spider-Man?▾

  The death most frequently cited as the saddest in Spider-Man stories is that of Uncle Ben, whose murder gives Peter Parker his guiding 'with great power comes great responsibility' lesson. Other widely mentioned candidates include Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Peter Parker's apparent death in Avengers: Infinity War.

• Why does Adrian Toomes (Vulture) spare Peter Parker's life after discovering he is Spider-Man?▾

  Toomes discovers Peter is Spider-Man right before the homecoming dance, after Peter has been dating his daughter Liz. Despite viewing Spider-Man as a threat to his operation, Toomes chooses to let Peter live out of a twisted sense of gratitude — Peter saved Liz and the other students on the Washington Monument elevator. He warns Peter to walk away and stay out of his business, making clear the mercy is a one-time offer tied to his daughter's safety.

• How did Toomes and his crew come to possess Chitauri and other alien technology?▾

  After the Battle of New York in The Avengers, Toomes ran a salvage and cleanup company contracted to remove alien debris from the city. When Damage Control — a joint Stark/government agency — swooped in and took over the cleanup contract, Toomes lost the job and faced financial ruin. Having already collected truckloads of Chitauri technology, he decided to keep it and build a black-market weapons business, reverse-engineering and selling alien-tech weapons to criminals.

• Why does Peter choose to stop the hijacked Stark cargo plane rather than follow Tony Stark's instruction to stand down?▾

  Peter has been told by Happy Hogan that the plane is carrying Avengers equipment being moved to their new upstate facility, and he witnesses Toomes and his crew actively robbing it mid-flight. Despite Tony ordering him to let proper authorities handle threats beyond his level, Peter feels personally responsible because his earlier tip-off to law enforcement failed and Toomes escaped. He acts out of a sense of duty to stop a crime he set in motion, which ultimately causes the plane to crash-land on a beach near Coney Island.

• What happens to Peter at the end when Tony offers him a full-time Avengers spot?▾

  Tony offers Peter a place on the Avengers roster at a press conference, with a new suit ready and cameras waiting. Peter declines the offer, telling Tony he thinks he is not ready and that he would rather keep being a "friendly neighborhood Spider-Man" looking out for the little guy in Queens. Tony respects the decision, and it becomes clear that declining was itself the right call — Pepper notes that Happy had already tipped off the press, implying Tony half-expected Peter to turn it down as a test of his character.

• What is the significance of Peter being trapped under the collapsed building and lifting the rubble himself?▾

  After Toomes destroys the support columns of a warehouse to bury Peter, Peter is pinned under a massive pile of concrete and debris without his Stark suit. Struggling and near despair, he sees his reflection in a pool of water and hears Tony's earlier words in his head about proving himself. He summons the will to push the rubble off using only his raw spider-strength, no tech assistance. The scene is a direct homage to the classic Amazing Spider-Man #33 comic panels and marks the moment Peter stops relying on external validation and truly becomes Spider-Man on his own terms.