Tom Holland’s wall-crawler swings into theaters next week with the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming [read our ★★★★★ review here], and of course the web-head isn’t the only Marvel hero to feature in the movie, with Robert Downey Jr. reprising the role of Tony Stark to serve as Peter Parker’s mentor.

However, in an interview with io9, director Jon Watts has revealed that he initially envisioned Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury for that particular role, stating that: “I don’t know what the situation would be. But that would be a person he’d want to get in trouble with.”

We have of course seen this kind of interaction between Spidey and Nick Fury in Ultimate Spider-Man, although it perhaps wouldn’t have been the most logical of choices for the Marvel Cinematic Universe given the relationship established between Peter and Tony Stark in Captain America: Civil War, and the fact that Fury remains off the grid ahead of his presumed grand return in Avengers: Infinity War.

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A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

Spider-Man: Homecoming sees Tom Holland and Marisa Tomei reprising their roles from Captain America: Civil War as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Aunt May, alongside Marvel veterans Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts and Chris Evans as Captain America. New additions to the cast include Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Bokeem Woodbine, Tyne Daly, Michael Barbieri, Abraham Attah, Hannibal Buress, Kenneth Choi, Angourie Rice, Michael Chernus, Michael Mando, Logan Marshall-Green and Jennifer Connelly.