Captain America: Civil War - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Captain America: Civil War or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Captain America: Civil War

[russell]

(At around one hour and sixteen minutes) When the film introduces Peter Parker in Queens, the introduction shot is behind him, showing the character casually holding a DVD player against the side of his body. In The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), one of first few introductory shots of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), had the character holding a skateboard in a similar manner, with an almost identical frame composition.

[fred]

On June 23, 2015, Tom Holland was reported to have landed the role as Spider-Man.

[ella]

Marks the sixth collaboration between Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in twelve years, following The Perfect Score (2004), The Nanny Diaries (2007), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

[ruby]

Marisa Tomei is the third Oscar-nominated actress to play Aunt May. Rosemary Harris is an Oscar nominee, and Sally Field is an Oscar winner (Tomei won an Oscar as well).

[tom]

The Black Panther costume is a combination of a practical costume and visual effects.

[gabriel]

Robert Downey Jr. acted as the younger Tony Stark, along with John Slattery and Hope Davis. Lola FX provided the "de-aging" visual effects on the face and hair of Downey with footage and photos of his early career as references.

[kylie]

When Tony presents the pens from his father's archives, he says that it "felt timely". The company Marvel Comics was originally called Timely Comics. Theoretically this could be an obscure Easter Egg, but is probably just a coincidence.

[frederick]

Between this film, Black Panther (2018), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the Black Panther character has yet to appear in a film that has not grossed less than $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

[oscar]

Chris Evans revealed that he was hesitant to take the role of Captain America early on, but now considers it one of the best decisions he has ever made.

[wallace]

Chris Evans has stated that this film will set up Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

[jamie]

This movie revealed that Bucky Barnes had been hiding out in Bucharest, which is the capital of Romania. Sebastian Stan (Bucky) is a Romanian-American actor, who was born in Constanta, Romania, and raised there until he was eight. In the first scene set in Bucharest, Bucky is buying fruits from a street market. Stan's native language is Romanian, and therefore spoke it perfectly.

[frances]

Damion Poitier, who played Thanos in The Avengers (2012), also had a cameo as a mercenary in this film, marking the second Marvel Cinematic Universe movie on which he's worked.

[jim]

A large part of the film is set in Romania, where Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes) was born and where he lived until he was eight.

[lonnie]

The film's cast includes three Oscar winners: Marisa Tomei, William Hurt, and Jim Rash; and four Oscar nominees: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, and Alfre Woodard.

[claude]

One of two films released in the same year which show the parents of a multi-billionaire superhero being murdered. In this movie, Tony Stark's parents are murdered in a flashback. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) had a scene where the parents of Bruce Wayne are murdered. Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark share a lot of common characteristics. Both are extremely intelligent superheroes with no superhuman powers other that their gadgets and suits. Tony Stark is the CEO of Stark Industries (founded by his father), whereas Bruce Wayne is the CEO of Wayne Corp (founded by his merchant ancestors).

[nora]

Although Marisa Tomei only appeared for roughly two minutes in the movie, she still had an assistant on-set.

[cameron]

This is the only Marvel Cinematic Universe entry in Phase 3 to be primarily filmed in Panavision (anamorphic).

[toni]

(At around two hours and ten minutes) In the climax, before destroying the suit's arc reactor, Cap tears the Iron Man helmet from Tony's face. If he had not done this before the suit lost power, Stark likely would have suffocated, implying that Rogers was simply trying to end the fight, rather than kill Tony.

[gabriel]

(At around one hour and nineteen minutes) Co-director Joe Russo said that "The most powerful shot of the film" was Steve Rogers stopping a helicopter from taking off with his bare hands. The shot was featured in the first teaser trailer for this movie. Russo said Chris Evans worked very hard in the gym to physically embody the character, because they wanted to test the limits of Steve's physical strength. About the shot itself, he noted, "On-set, we had Chris straining against a crane, holding the helicopter to get this fantastic shot of his muscles bulging, and you can feel the energy and determination as he tries to stop it."