As Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues its record-breaking swing at the global box office, director Destin Daniel Cretton has had little time to process the whirlwind. Was there an idea or a sequence that became the film’s north star, where you finally felt like you understood what your Spider-Man movie was? RELATED: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Post-Credit Scene Explained: What’s Next For Tom Holland’s Peter Parker? CRETTON: We wanted to get away from having a villain who just felt typical because this was really Peter Parker’s journey. RELATED: Tom Holland Says ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is “More Mature” & Why Film “Is Incredibly Relatable To Young People”