FILM · 2016 · USA
Captain America: Civil War
- Directed by
- Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
- Runtime
- 147 min
- Studio
- Marvel Studios
233 archived facts 7 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
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12 Facts From Behind the Scenes of Captain America: Civil War
- #024
(Around 1 hour 9 minutes) Chris Evans injured his arm muscles while shooting the iconic frame in which Captain America stops a helicopter with his hands. Evans said: "That shot is a little bicep porn. 'Zoom in on the biceps,' that's what it said in the script. Kevin Feige didn't airbrush my biceps, that's me. It's not a utilitarian shot, it's a shot where you're trying to look heroic. This position (holding the helicopter with one hand and the ledge with the other) is actually a very unnatural position to use to stop something, but we used it because I need to flex my biceps, you're trying to make the scene look great, and during that shot I really wrecked my arm from the strain." Robert Downey Jr. joked that the producers didn't care that Evans hurt himself because the shot was great, and that they had been using it to promote the film ever since. Anthony Russo explained that the iconic shot almost didn't happen, because on the day of filming there was a misunderstanding with the costume department and Evans arrived wearing a thick jacket. They sent him back to change immediately, because otherwise they wouldn't be able to film the scene with his muscles bulging as intended in the script.
- #037
According to Lola VFX, the visual effects studio that worked on all three Captain America films to create the "Young Tony Stark" illusion: "Every feature of the face and body had to be addressed in some way. Something that happens to all of us is that the skin of the face gradually descends in certain areas and needs to be 'lifted' to where it was at the age in question. But other changes are incredibly subtle; for example, an increase in the way light reflects off the skin's shine, and a decrease and reduction in the skin's shine. In some parts of the face, small blood vessels appear, or more blood flow in the cheeks gives them that familiar youthful 'glow.' The shot was almost four thousand frames long; Tony Stark turns from one side to the other many times, physically interacts with other actors and the set itself, and moves toward the camera for a very long, uninterrupted close-up."
- #052
The Black Panther costume is a combination of a practical costume and visual effects.
- #082
Heidi Moneymaker and Aaron Toney (Super Soldiers #3 and #4) are stunt performers who have appeared in many Marvel films: Moneymaker has been Scarlett Johansson's (Black Widow's) stunt double since Iron Man 2 (2010), and Toney has been a stunt double for Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) and Michael B. Jordan (Erik Killmonger).
- #096
Although Spider-Man's costume is CGI in every scene, a physical prototype Spider-Man costume was created during production that Tom Holland wore on set for some shots. Only later did the filmmakers decide to remove the costume entirely and replace it with the CGI version. The prototype costume differed from the final on-screen product in that it featured raised webbing and a classic spider symbol very reminiscent of the one shown in the first Spider-Man comic released in 1962.
- #102
Spider-Man has two costumes in this film: the original makeshift costume he wears in the YouTube footage, which Tony Stark eventually finds in Peter's apartment, and the new costume created in collaboration with Tony that more closely resembles the classic costume.
- #112
This was the first film featuring Spider-Man whose visual effects were not produced by another company tied to Sony, the rights holder to the character. Industrial Light & Magic, which handled most of the visual effects for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, produced the visual effects for this film as well as for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
- #115
In the comic books, the legislation that divides the heroes requires them to reveal their secret identities. Thanks to the "I am Iron Man" moment in Iron Man (2008), which was improvised, the Marvel Cinematic Universe largely abandoned this concept, which had previously formed the basis of the genre.
- #120
Tom Holland injured his nose while performing a flip during the filming of one scene.
- #224
Several real Atlanta sites stood in for other places in Captain America: Civil War: the Gulch served as the market in Lagos, Porsche's Atlanta headquarters became the Avengers' headquarters, and the Atlanta Civic Center was used as the IFID laboratory in Lagos, with its interiors also doubling as MIT and part of it used for a Berlin location.
- #225
Trent Opaloch was the director of photography on Captain America: Civil War, and Chad Stahelski, David Leitch and Spiro Razatos, a stuntman on The Winter Soldier, worked as second unit directors.
- #231
Jon Watts, director of Spider-Man: Homecoming, was on set during filming of Spider-Man's scenes in Captain America: Civil War to see what was being done and to offer ideas, including for Parker's wardrobe and bedroom, so that Homecoming would transition seamlessly.
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