Diversity In Spider-Man: Homecoming Excites Director Jon Watts
Jon Watts says it is the diversity of character that excites him for his upcoming film Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit
Hollywood
director
and
film-maker
Jon
Watts
said,
he
has
been
pretty
excited
to
bring
up
and
show
the
diversity
of
superhero
characters
in
his
upcoming
Spider-Man:
Homecoming.
"Well,
I
can
talk
about
why
I
was
excited
about
it.
First
of
all,
it
being
in
the
Marvel
Cinematic
Universe
just
immediately
opened
up
the
doors
to
so
many
possibilities" Said
Watts.
"Spider-Man
interacting
with
the
other
people
in
that
universe
and
also
just
to
be
able
to
explore
a
different
side
of
the
Marvel
Universe.
I
was
really
excited
about
that
because
the
other
movies
have
shown
what
I
described
as
the
Penthouse
level
of
the
Marvel
world."
The
director
added.
Watts
continued,
"What
it's
like
to
be
Thor,
Iron
Man,
you
know,
a
billionaire
playboy
and
all
of
that
stuff.
But
what's
great
about
Spider-Man
is
that
he's
a
regular
kid
and
so
by
showing
his
story
you
also
get
to
show
what
the
ground
level
is
like
in
a
world
where
The
Avengers
exist."
Watts
said
he
is
thrilled
to
show
the
regular
life
of
Spider-Man
as
a
kid
in
a
whole
new
environment
of
a
high
school.
"So
that
was
very
exciting,
but
also
just
Tom.
By
having
Peter
Parker
be
a
kid
that
also
opens
up,
I
think,
a
lot
of
possibilities
that
are
only
really
explored
at
the
beginning
of
the
other
two
versions
of
the
films."
Added
Watts.
"In
the
Raimi
one
he's
only
in
high
school
for
like
ten
minutes,
but
I
wanted
to
make
a
high
school
movie
already
so
the
opportunity
to
do
it
with
Spider-Man
was
pretty
exciting."
The
director
explained.