LORRAINE CINK: From Spidey suits to Tom Holland's stunts to Jake
Gyllenhaal's Mysterio, we're talking "Spider-Man:
Far from Home."
Hi, I'm Spider-Man's aunt Edith.
I'm Lorraine.
And I'm those tiny sassy little hairs
on Spider-Man's fingers that let him climb and stick to stuff,
Ryan Penagos.
And this "Earth's Mightiest Show."
And we are talking about "Spider-Man:
Far from Home," which is now available
on Blu-ray and digital.
First up, check out this behind the scenes look
at how Spider-Man's many costumes in the film
were brought to life.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'm here with Ryan Meinerding, head of visual development
for Marvel Studios. Hello, sir.
Hello.
Let's get into it.
Let's talk about Spider-Man: Far from Home."
All right.
Spider-Man has I think the most iconic costume of all time
of all Super Heroes across everything that exists,
definitive statement.
But let's talk about the ones in "Far from Home."
Right.
LORRAINE CINK: I have a feeling I know the inspiration for it.
What was your comic book inspiration for it.
RYAN MEINERDING: Well, John Whitehead had always wanted
to reference the Noir costume.
But also since this movie so much about Peter
dealing with the hero that he's trying to be or supposed to be,
having him being given a costume by Nick Fury essentially
to say you could be this tactical version of Spider-Man
is essentially just almost like a visual representation of him
exploring a different type of hero.
And seeing him all in black and with the flip up tactical eyes
was a way of I think doing the Noir stuff but also keeping
a little bit of "Spider-Man 2" with it being
fun with the flip up eyes.
You know, I think it's really interesting because during Dan
Slott's run, he had that stealth costume that was
sort of like the neon piping--
RYAN MEINERDING: Ah, yeah.
LORRAINE CINK: And the black suit.
Did you ever go through that iteration,
or did you always know you guys were going full Noir?
I mean, I think again it needed a-- usually
we're looking at stuff from the comics and seeing how it can
translate into something that's relevant for the story world
that we're trying to make.
And looking at the Noir stuff, it sort of translating
a little bit better into something that felt
tactical than the neon stuff--
Yeah, it's not as stealthy as you would think.
It's not quite stealth though it's great.
It's great.
Beautiful though.
Now you also got to upgrade Spider-Man a little bit.
What were some of his upgrades for this film?
The notion at the end when Peter has to make his own suit
using Tony's tech was essentially
for me that it's Peter becoming the Spider-Man
that he needs to be.
And part of that is the idea of him
using technology of his own.
So the pitch for that suit was essentially
that he would sort of spin a bunch of webs
and then Tony's technology would weave it together
into the suit, so the suit was actually
supposed to be made from Peter's web so essentially
to say they're the strongest material he has access to
and meant to sort of integrate his technology
with Tony's technology.
So the idea is at the end of that movie
was that the suit was going to be
able to do more web-based gags.
Are used just like a kid in a candy shop with these costumes?
Totally.
I mean, when Kevin Feige came into my office and said we--
you're going to work on "Spider-Man"
and "Civil War," it was--
I think I let out a visible like "eep" like it
was a very undignified noise.
That's a appropriate Peter Parker reaction though.
[LAUGHS]
So if someone wanted to get into the visual development--
I'm not saying I'm leaving my job but--
no, but if someone really is interested in doing
a job like yours, where do you think people should start?
I mean, reading comics is probably a great place.
I love it.
Check.
Loving comics, loving comic characters.
Drawing, I-- you know, I drew--
I've been drawing since I was a very small child.
I got into doing airbrushing and sort of more realistic drawing
and painting and then design.
That sort of understanding coupled with artistic ability
and hard work, you know, I think you can do-- you can
get to where you want to go.
Thank you so much for talking with us.
You guys, be sure to download "Spider-Man:
Far from Home" now.
Oh, man, I love the Spider-Man Noir references that
Ryan talked about in there.
Very cool.
And I like the idea of the upgraded costume was actually
supposed to be sort of a spun web idea because it reminds me
of in the comics when Spider-Man loses his costume
and has to make like a little web diaper situation,
like a tidy webby.
Yeah, a Spidey Dipey.
Yeah, I like that, but I like ultimately
for the costume kind of reminded me of Superior
Spider-Man from the comics.
I thought it was a really cool vibe.
Yeah, and they just showed like other cos--
I like how you brought up the stealth suit, which
is, you know, you can tell Ryan loves the comics
and loves bringing that to life for the films.
Yeah, I love getting to see fans make cool stuff.
Well, that's not all.
Spider-Man is put through the ringer,
and that means the actor who portrays him also gets to have
some exciting times on set.
Check out this behind the scenes
look at how Tom Holland performed the bridge
stunt in "Spider-Man--
Far from Home."
TOM HOLLAND: I was sitting on the floor rigged to a ratchet,
which is a machine where I will zoom
backwards and slam into a wall.
And the SFX guy will also click a button,
which will dump thousands of gallons of water on me.
And you best believe they didn't heat the water.
It was freezing. - Whoa!
It's quite similar to a cold shower actually.
It is a cold shower.
We can make it colder.
You dare?
So they go 3, 2, 1.
Action.
I zoom back, I slam into the wall,
and then all I hear is the SFX guy go, sorry.
And then the water just went [SPLOOSHING]..
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
So we had to do it a second time.
SFX: 3, 2, 1.
[PANTING]
[LAUGHING]
That was perfect.
[BOOM] But it looks great.
[WATER RUSHING]
[GRUNTING]
[LAUGHING]
It's good, isn't it?
Wicked.
Did you clock how there was Tom Holland's stunt
man right there wearing the same outfit,
going through the same thing?
Kudos to all those people doing that hard work.
I know.
They were like soaked, but they were having such a great time
even Tom, who repeatedly over and over
again had to do that stunt and get slammed against the wall.
Thankfully a lot of padding.
It is very safe, but it looked like a lot of fun actually.
Yeah, and shout out to the VFX team, who
then takes out all the wires.
Yeah.
The magic of the movies.
But if you haven't yet seen the film,
spoiler warnings ahead because we're
about to talk about a major reveal.
That is right.
Mysterio has an epic twist, and Jake Gyllenhaal
gives us his take on the mysterious allusions
of Mysterio right now.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL: He uses the technology
that he has developed to create the idea of a Super Hero
to essentially fool the world and fool Peter Parker.
What is it like some kind of projector or something?
Mysterio.
You are so gullible.
I mean, he's smart as a whip, just a sucker.
So now all your friends have to die.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL: I was really attracted
to the idea of Mysterio as an illusionist and to get
into Spider-Man's head to a point where Spider-Man really
wasn't quite sure who he was in the end,
and I think that's what makes Mysterio so special.
TOM HOLLAND: Jake is so convincing as a nice guy
that you just believe him and you trust him,
and that's what makes it even worse
when you find out that he's been playing Peter this entire time.
I give the world someone to believe in.
You need to wake up.
It was my goal to try and create a character
that doesn't leave you.
And if I've done my job, I think you'll
leave, look around the corner, wondering
maybe if Mysterio was there.
[GRUNTING]
I don't know what's real.
Oh, man.
I love all the comics references that they're
able to put into the film.
I mean, honestly kudos to Jake Gyllenhaal
for taking Mysterio, who is such an iconic character,
and we think of him as a villain but making him so likable.
It was really hard to watch that twist happen.
I know.
I mean, watching it over and over again
as I've seen the movie a bunch of times,
I still like, oh, come on.
You could be such a good guy.
I know if only he would have gotten those little
bangs, the little--
from the comic books when he has the little bowl cut.
RYAN PENAGOS: The bowl cut? LORRAINE CINK: Yeah.
All right, I cannot wait to watch "Spider-Man:
Far from Home" again.
You guys can pick it up on Blu-ray
or download it on digital today.
Now tell us your favorite Spider-Man suit,
whether it's classic Spidey, Night Monkey,
or his upgraded costume in #EarthsMightiestShow,
and we'll see you next time. - I'm Lorraine.
I'm Ryan.
And this is Marvel.
Yeah.