<P> In early May, Marvel announced that Martin Freeman was cast in an unspecified role, while also reprising roles in the film would be Paul Bettany as Vision, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes / War Machine, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant - Man, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, and William Hurt as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, respectively . Samuel L. Jackson, who appeared as Nick Fury in the two previous Captain America films, said he was "surprised" to discover that he would not be in Captain America: Civil War, after "the Russo Brothers told (him he) was ." Moore stated that Fury was not included "because he didn't add anything to the Civil War story they were telling", while Markus stated that they did not want him to choose any particular side because "that's not his place in the universe". On each of the character's ties to the plot, Anthony Russo said that each character was examined on a personal level to see how they would respond to the idea of registration . On the portrayal of each character, Joe Russo said that he and his brother had strong "emotional" and "psychological connection (s) to (these) characters" as children, adding, "We want to reach into that and understand what elementally motivated you to love the character . That's what we try to bring out in the characters now ." He also mentioned that they were "trying to honor the feeling of naturalism and to honor the feeling of reality (with the film)." </P> <P> After the reveal of the film's full cast, many outlets and fans began referring to the film as "Avengers 2.5 ", given the variety and ensemble nature of the cast, usually reserved for the Avengers films, and the fact that the film no longer felt like a Captain America - centric one, as with The Winter Soldier . In response to this, Feige said, "What's fun about Civil War though is, as you know from the comics, it's a very simple story . And it really has to be, to accommodate that many players . It's very much a Captain America movie and it's very much a sequel to the Winter Soldier in ways I don't think people (will expect)... It's a very simple structure that allows you to have these amazing character interactions in a way that I don't think becomes overwhelming ." Feige also revealed that Hope van Dyne / Wasp was in an original draft of the film, after receiving the Wasp costume at the end of Ant - Man, but was cut because "there are so many characters in Civil War that we didn't want to do her a disservice," saying Marvel was "saving" the character for a better environment to reveal van Dyne in the Wasp costume for the first time and see "her dynamic with Scott (Lang) in a way it could play out". </P> <P> At the end of May, the Russo brothers, along with Feige and Pascal, held a screen test in Atlanta for six teenage actors that were being eyed for the role of Peter Parker / Spider - Man, with the actors testing against Downey and Evans for "chemistry"; Tom Holland was cast as the character the next month, to also appear in a solo film . The Russos "were pretty vocal about who we wanted for the part", pushing to cast an actor close to the age of Peter Parker in the comics, in order to differentiate from the previous portrayals . They also praised Holland for having a dancing and gymnastics background . At the time, Marvel did not confirm his involvement in Civil War, due to being contractually obligated not to talk about his inclusion publicly . The Russos discussed this, saying that the various business deals and agreements stemming from the sharing of the character rights, such as on a promotional and commercial level, "were always lagging slightly behind how we were using the character . We were always in danger of upsetting the deal--there were still sensitive issues going on between the two studios that they needed to agree on ." Holland was confirmed to appear in the film in July 2015, by Jonathan M. Goldstein, one of the writers of the solo Spider - Man film, and later by Entertainment Weekly from a set visit . Jon Watts, director of Spider - Man: Homecoming, was on set for the filming of Spider - Man's scenes, in order to "see what they were doing with it, and that informed where we eventually took it," and provide "ideas about this and that", such as what Parker's wardrobe and bedroom should look like, "to make sure we were all on the same page so that (Homecoming) transitions seamlessly with theirs ." Anthony Russo stated that, despite Marvel telling them to have a "plan B" should the deal with Sony fail, the Russos never created one because "it was very important to us to reintroduce" Spider - Man in the film, adding, "We only have envisioned the movie with Spider - Man ." </P> <P> By the end of June, filming reached the halfway mark, with production moving to Germany in early August . Filming locations in Germany included the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, and the Leipzig / Halle Airport in Schkeuditz . Additional filming also took place in Puerto Rico and Norway, and was scheduled to in Iceland . Principal photography wrapped on August 22, 2015 . </P>

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