Captain America: Civil War Trivia

Trivia about Captain America: Civil War.

Tom Holland made audition tapes together with Jon Bernthal while filming Pilgrimage (2016), with Holland landing the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Bernthal landing the role of Frank Castle/The Punisher in the Daredevil series.
 * The film will adapt the 2006-2007 "Civil War" comic book storyline, which "pitted Iron Man against Captain America as they feud over the Superhero Registration Act, which forces anyone with superhuman abilities to reveal their identities to the U.S. government and agree to act as a police force for the authorities." The film, however, will not focus on the "Superhero Registration Act", with Feige elaborating: "Events of the whole cinematic universe will make all governments in the world want regulation. Not so much about secret identity, but about who reports to who."
 * Frank Grillo recently got a call from Marvel asking him what shape he was in, and that they wanted him to come in for a body scan to get fitted for his Crossbones costume. He was quoted as saying: “He’s a badass. He is just vicious. I like the idea that it’s no holds barred. I was 15 pounds bigger when I did Cap 2, and I’ll put another 15 pounds on to do Cap 3. I love the physicality. Grillo stated. “They just kind of called and said, ‘What kind of shape are you in? We’re going to need a body scan.’ They scan your body so that whatever you wear fits you like a glove…. We all know what Crossbones represents in his world, so when they called me and said we gotta do the body scan, I was like ‘Okay!’"
 * In an interview Robert Downey Jr. said he couldn't say much but that it's "gonna be huge." According to the Russo brothers, the title for this movie has been in existence for over a decade.
 * Features the first live-action appearance of the T'Challa/Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman, who will later feature in his own solo movie.
 * This will mark Robert Downey Jr's seventh appearance as Tony Stark/Iron Man.
 * The title of this movie was jokingly announced as Captain America: Serpent Society, but was later revealed to be Captain America: Civil War.
 * Marvel initially wanted to hire Robert Downey Jr.'s reprisal of Tony Stark in a smaller role, with just three weeks of work. However, Downey wanted a larger role which would lead to a bigger payday. Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter was furious over the request, prompting him to order the screenwriters to write Stark out of the story completely. When the deal seemed like it was off the table, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige pushed to hire Downey, citing that his casting in the film could leave open the door for sequels, new franchises and dramatic possibilities within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Civil War could drive future storylines for these films.
 * Hugo Weaving confirmed in December 2014 that he does not know if he is set to return yet as The Red Skull. Weaving has previously expressed no interest in returning to the role but is under contract to appear two more times.
 * Features the New Avengers roster as seen at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
 * Cinematic introduction to a new version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
 * Only Captain America film (in the MCU) to not feature Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Ironically, the Civil War comic also did not feature Nick Fury, as he was in hiding during the events.
 * Alfre Woodard, who portrays Mariah Dillard in Luke Cage, appears in the film as Miriam Sharpe, the mother of an American citizen killed in the battle of Sokovia. Woodard was suggested for the role by Robert Downey Jr., before Marvel Studios learned of her casting in Luke Cage.
 * During a scene in the movie, Hawkeye refers to Tony Stark as 'the futurist', actor Robert Downey released an album called The Futurist in 2004.
 * Hope van Dyne was going to become The Wasp in an earlier draft of the script, but she was removed due to concerns that reducing her role to a cameo alongside the other characters would be a disservice to her as a character. The fact that Evangeline Lilly was pregnant during filming also probably influenced the decision.
 * The film coincides with the 75th anniversary of Captain America. 2016 also marks the 10th anniversary of the original Civil War comic book and Black Panther's 50th anniversary.
 * T'Challa had a much smaller role in the earlier drafts and didn't even appear in costume, as the writers intended to put more focus on Spider-Man and save Black Panther's origin for his own movie. However, when it looked like Marvel would not be getting permission to use Spider-Man, Black Panther's role was beefed up significantly. By the time they did get to use Spider-Man, T'Challa had already become so integral to the plot that they decided to leave his role as is and give Spider-Man a smaller part.
 * Chadwick Boseman underwent a vigorous training program to get in fighting shape for the character. While admittedly not a big reader of comics as a kid, Boseman read as many comics as possible for anything Black Panther-related. Boseman also visited South Africa to better incorporate cultural aspects of the country into his role.
 * In the first scene after credit waterfalls are shown in the kingdom of Wakanda. These scenes were filmed in Iguaçu Falls, in Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil.
 * Charlie Cox was disappointed that he was not asked to appear as Daredevil in the film after joining the MCU got him interested in the comics, and he was excited to discover that Daredevil was part of the original Civil War story. Unfortunately, it was too late to change the plan to include him. (Oddly enough, Cox's contract mandates that he is required to show up in a movie if it is requested of him.)
 * When the production of the film wrapped up, Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie raced each other while in their super hero suits.
 * One scene shows Ant-Man being boosted by an arrow from Hawkeye. This is taken directly from the comics and animated series Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes, specifically the comic The Avengers #223.
 * Scott Lang's size shifting abilities are on display in the film, most notably the ability to grow in size. In the comics, Hank Pym was the original Ant-Man who grew in size, specifically being called "Giant Man". Additionally, Bill Foster was the superhero "Goliath" in the Civil War comic the film is based off of.
 * Wanda Maximoff and Vision's relationship is hinted at in the film.
 * Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't reprise her role as Pepper Potts, but gets mentioned threw out the film.
 * This will be the first theatrically released film featuring Spider-Man where the special effects for the character are not being produced by another company affiliated with Sony, the rights holder to Spider-Man. Industrial Light & Magic, which handles much of the special effects for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film series, will be producing the special effects.
 * Marisa Tomei is the youngest actress to portray Aunt May in the Spider-Man franchise. Marisa Tomei was in her fifties when portraying Aunt May, in contrast to Rosemary Harris being in her seventies in Spider-Man (2002) and Sally Field in her sixties in The Amazing Spider-Man  (2012).
 * Tony Stark makes note of how hot and young Aunt May is in the film, this is a direct reference to the reactions by fans of Tomei being cast as Aunt May.
 * The "Winter Soldier Theme" from Captain America: The Winter Soldier can be heard threw out the film.
 * The Vision wearing clothes in the film is a direct reference to a 1971 Avengers comic. Incidentally, the comic itself features Vision wearing a sweater and playing Chess, with the title of the comic noting "All Things Must End!".
 * While the film focused heavily on the fallout from the Battle of Sokovia, among other international incidents, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff's twin brother does not get a mention or reference in the film.
 * The cell that is housing The Winter Soldier when he's captured by the Joint Counter Terrorist group is labeled "D 23", a direct reference to The Walt Disney Company.
 * In the film, Spider-Man references the Star Wars film "Empire Strikes Back" directly. Along with that reference, this is the second time, after The Winter Soldier that Bucky Barnes loses his arm, a continuing homage to Star Wars that started in the Phase II film Iron Man 3.
 * A homage to the comic it's inspired by comes in the form of the scene where Spider-Man steals and webs up Captain America’s shield. Additionally, the international incident that incides the Sokovia Accords in the film pays homage to the incident that incided the Superhuman Registration Act in the comics, minus the school and New Warriors.
 * In the Civil War comic book series Tony Stark builds Spider-Man an "Iron Spider" suit; it's gold/red and laden with armor and gadgets. In this film Spider-Man receives a suit in his normal blue/red cloth attire, but it does have gadgets.
 * In this film, Spider-Man says 'Holy shit.' in response to Ant-Man becoming giant. This is the first time Spider-Man has said a curse word on screen.
 * The appearance of Giant-Man was kept secretive throughout production and marketing, evident from the absence of said character in all trailers and TV-spots, incidentally, Civil War's Funko Pop! figurines and LEGO set feature Giant-Man, which was released and advertised before the films's release.
 * Although visiting set while filming was underway, Hayley Atwell does not appear in the film as Peggy Carter, but can be seen in a photograph at her funeral.
 * Despite being a major plot point in the comic it's inspired by and heavily rumored by fans and the media, the film does not feature a brain-washed Sharon Carter (by way of Crossbones) assassinate Steve Rogers.
 * In the film, Helmut Zemo's origins are drastically altered and do not mirror the comics, which saw Zemo as a German nobleman and HYDRA member with an iconic purple mask and sword.
 * A member of the Dora Milaje appears as one of T'Challa's bodyguards.