Billy Bob Thornton reveals he rejected offers to play Green Goblin in ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Mission Impossible 3’ villain
nme.comSpider-Man, along with the main villain in 2005’s Mission Impossible 3.The Playlist reported on Wednesday (December 18) that its podcast Bingeworthy has a new episode with the veteran actor, released the next day.
Thornton talked about getting offered roles as villains in the mid-aughts blockbuster films. He currently stars in Paramount+‘s Landman, a series created by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone).“I don’t have much interest in those kinds of roles,” Thornton admitted. “With the Green Goblin, I didn’t feel like getting up at 4 a.m.
for five or six hours of makeup.”“And with Mission: Impossible III, I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise,” he continued. “If you’re the bad guy in a big movie like that, audiences remember it forever.
I prefer to keep things looser and less predictable.”The Green Goblin was famously portrayed by Willem Dafoe in the 2002 film, along with the 2021 blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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