He plays him
as a passionate family man with a slight sense of
humor that he attempts to employ
as defense to the very serious people he's up against.
This being Marvel —
as opposed to, ahem, DC — the movie is sprinkled with liberal doses of
humor: the cyborg Vision attempting, without much success, to cook his first paprikash («In my
defense, I've never actually eaten anything before»); a nice callback («I can do this all day») to the first Captain America movie; a sly Tony Stark reference to The Manchurian Candidate; a likable moment of outer - borough bonding by fellow New Yorkers Cap and Spidey.