▁film ing ▁her ▁small ▁role . ▁Gar field ▁re called , ▁" I ▁think ▁all ▁of ▁[ th ose ▁scenes ] ▁were ▁in ▁our ▁back y ards . ▁We ▁had ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁scenes ▁with ▁me ▁talking ▁over ▁the ▁f ence , ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁one ▁with ▁us ▁r iding ▁together ▁on ▁a ▁motor cycle ▁that ▁we ▁never ▁got ▁to ▁shoot ." ▁By ▁mid - J une , ▁Mary ▁Jane ▁was ▁cut ▁from ▁the ▁film , ▁with ▁director ▁Web b ▁explaining ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁cre ative ▁decision ▁to ▁stream line ▁the ▁story ▁and ▁focus ▁on ▁Peter ▁and ▁G wen ▁and ▁their ▁relationship ." ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Marc ▁Web b ▁posted ▁on ▁Twitter ▁that ▁principal ▁phot ography ▁had ▁begun ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁sequ el ▁was ▁being ▁shot ▁on ▁ 3 5 mm ▁film ▁in ▁the ▁an am orph ic ▁format , ▁instead ▁of ▁being ▁fil med ▁digit ally ▁as ▁the ▁preceding ▁film ▁was . ▁Sony ▁revealed ▁this ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁Spider - Man ▁film ▁to ▁be ▁fil med ▁entirely ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁State , ▁including ▁a ▁car - ch ase ▁scene ▁that ▁was ▁fil med ▁in ▁Ro chester ▁because ▁the ▁speed ▁laws ▁are ▁less ▁restrict ive ▁in ▁up state ▁New ▁York . ▁It ▁became ▁the ▁largest ▁film ▁production ▁ever ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁State . ▁The ▁decision ▁to ▁film ▁in ▁Williams burg , ▁Brook lyn ▁near ▁the ▁Pass over ▁hol iday ▁caused ▁some ▁controvers y , ▁as ▁critics ▁believed ▁that ▁this