One of the ways the upcoming MCU movie differentiated itself is by casting Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson, a character usually more physical imposing.
As it turns out, that won’t be an issue for Spider-Man: Homecoming, as the MCU’s Flash isn’t the kind of bully who beats up his victims.
In Spider-Man: Homecoming’s case, it has to put in extra effort since five previous Spider-Man movies have come before in the last 15 years.
Every superhero movie has to find ways to uniquely adapt its source material to both provide something unique to moviegoers while also stay faithful to those original stories from the printed page.