New CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR BTS Photo Reveals Closer Look At Spider-Man's Unused (Comic-Accurate) Costume

New CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR BTS Photo Reveals Closer Look At Spider-Man's Unused (Comic-Accurate) Costume

The practical Spider-Man suit used on the set of Captain America: Civil War differed from what we saw in the final cut, and we now have a new look at that (and the web-slinger has Cap's shield in hand).

By JoshWilding - Jul 30, 2025 09:07 AM EST

Captain America: Civil War may seem pretty small in scale compared to Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but in 2016, it was by far the biggest MCU movie to date.

Similar to when the comic book it shares a name with launched a decade earlier, fans passionately picked a side, with some declaring for #TeamCap and others firmly supporting #TeamIronMan.

Ultimately, the clash between the heroes had game-changing consequences for the wider MCU, while the movie itself introduced us to Black Panther and, unbelievably, Spider-Man. 

We never expected to see the wall-crawler stand alongside The Avengers, but it happened, and his extended cameo set the stage for the web-slinger to become a huge part of stories set on Marvel Studios' Earth-616. However, Tom Holland's costume in the final cut wasn't the one we were originally going to see. 

Now, we have another look at the practical suit, courtesy of stunt performer Marvin Ross. While the black web lines were present on the costume that carried over to 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming, those being raised make a big difference, resulting in a far more comic-accurate take on the character. 

Spider-Man was added to Captain America: Civil War at a relatively late stage in production due to when a deal was struck with Sony Pictures, meaning this suit was likely far from the final design and more of a stop-gap until Marvel Studios could go in and make its required changes with visual effects. 

Holland reflected on his audition alongside Downey and the unique challenges that working with the Iron Man actor presented. 

"When I had to take my mark and do my scene with Downey it was really overwhelming," he admitted. "I am very grateful to Downey. When I did my [screen test] it was eight pages of dialogue. It was a long scene. It went great. I was told by my agent to learn the lines exactly. When I did my first take with Downey, he just started improvising everything and changing it all."

"That gave me license to follow him. You can’t beat Downey, but you can ride his coattails. And those are good coattails to ride. I just followed his lead and we improvised. I thought after that I audition that I got it. It went so well."

"When I got to set after I got the gig, my scene had been cut down significantly from what I did in the audition," Holland added. "It was now maybe two pages. Downey piped up: 'Where did all of the kid’s lines go?'"

Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo reportedly explained to Downey that they didn't have room for the full scene given how busy the movie already was, but he continued to push for more. 

"Downey was the one who said, 'No, you’re going to want to spend time on this. Let’s shoot the whole thing from the audition. You can always cut it, but you’re going to want to have it,'" Holland recalled. "And they used all of it. I owe that to him. That’s really cool. I’d love to one day do that…If I’m lucky to bring Miles Morales into the MCU I’d love to do for a young kid what Downey did for me."

Would you like to see a suit more in line with this one when Spider-Man: Brand New Day is released next summer?

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Fogs
Fogs - 7/30/2025, 9:53 AM
I like it, except for the raised webs.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 7/30/2025, 10:48 AM
@Fogs - Agreed. Too Raimi.
MonkeyBot
MonkeyBot - 7/30/2025, 9:56 AM
Glad that webbing didnt turned out to be definite
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 7/30/2025, 10:00 AM
ASM2 has the best suit. Period.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 7/30/2025, 12:38 PM
@JacobsLadder - That's just the Raimi suit with Ultimate-inspired eyes
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 7/30/2025, 1:38 PM
@FinnishDude - whatever it is, I like it. The movie overall....not so much.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 7/30/2025, 10:02 AM
Good thing it's "unused" because that suit is hideous.
Bucky74
Bucky74 - 7/30/2025, 10:08 AM
Love it! Going with a CG outfit was a really dumb choice. The eye can always tell it’s off. CH should only be used to enhance not replace
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 7/30/2025, 10:12 AM
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR is my FAVORITE MCU movie!!

And NOT becasue of the the battle royale between the heroes or even with the introduction of Spiderman, but because it did the impossibele...It made me root for Iron man to kick Cap's butt.

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Cap knowing that Winter Soldier killed Iorn Man parents and not telling him was just wrong And i was hoping Tony beat them both.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 7/30/2025, 11:01 AM
@Nomis929 - WS is my fave from MCU
DocSpock
DocSpock - 7/30/2025, 11:08 AM
@RegularPoochie -

It was great. It's my 2nd fave after Infinity War.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/30/2025, 11:22 AM
@RegularPoochie - agreed. WS, then IW.
skyshark03191
skyshark03191 - 7/30/2025, 11:22 AM
@Nomis929 - screw Stark. Glad Cap owned him.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 7/30/2025, 12:20 PM
@Nomis929 - Dunno its hard to beat Avengers 1 for me because it felt like a perfect film. You don't need to watch any other films and its still a good movie similar to Terminator 2. Winter Soldier, Civil War, Endgame, etc. requires you to have seen the other films. Not saying thats a bad thing but for me those requirements lowered it on my personal list.
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Nomis929
Nomis929 - 7/30/2025, 12:53 PM
@RegularPoochie - I think Cap has the BEST trilogy in the MCU.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 7/30/2025, 12:53 PM
@Fogs - this!
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 7/30/2025, 12:54 PM
@Nomis929 - by far!
Fogs
Fogs - 7/30/2025, 1:36 PM
@Nomis929 - well tbh I believe it's the best CBM trilogy overall. All three are good.

One could compare to the TDK trilogy but IMO TFA, which is the "less good" caps one, tops TDKR which is the "less good" bats one (IMO "Begins" is the best, btw.
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 7/30/2025, 1:41 PM
@Nomis929 - easily. Winter Solider is the #1 MCU movie for me. GotG is second.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 7/30/2025, 3:08 PM
@Fogs - Begins" is the best, btw.

The is TRUE.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 7/30/2025, 3:10 PM
@skyshark03191 - Nah man. That was wrong on Cap's part.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/30/2025, 10:15 AM
Slow news day so far huh?.

Anyway , looks cool though I’m guessing the “low quality” of the outfit was due to the last minute inclusion of Spider Man into CW hence they had to polish it a lot in post.

Also we have seen this suit before too…

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rez4prez
rez4prez - 7/30/2025, 10:19 AM
Ok.......
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/30/2025, 10:48 AM
Civil War is SO hundreds of years ago
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 7/30/2025, 1:41 PM
@lazlodaytona - in so many ways.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/30/2025, 4:08 PM
@JacobsLadder - 😄😄
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 7/30/2025, 10:49 AM
Who in the world watched this movie and didn't see it from Stark's perspective?
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/30/2025, 12:47 PM
@theFUZZ008 - me. I saw it from all of there perspective
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 7/30/2025, 12:51 PM
@theFUZZ008 - agreed. I remember this coming out and everyone clamoring and gushing for cap. Still think Iron Man could have entirely annihilated both of them at the end without all of their plot armor.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 7/30/2025, 10:50 AM
I like it more just for being a practical suit
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 7/30/2025, 12:51 PM
If the first few comments don't teach me anything it teaches me they dhould go with whatever suit they want. Some will love it, some will hate it, and some will want tweaks.

That's not even a diss to anyone's opinion. We all have different taste and it's genuinely too many people to please
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/30/2025, 6:30 PM
I really like this suit. I get they didn't go with it, but the CGI replacement wasn't an improvement either. Too skintight and too many lines imo

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