Willem Dafoe Is Open to Playing Green Goblin in a Third ‘Spider-Man’ Movie: ‘If Everything Is Right, Sure’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Willem Dafoe is not ruling out a third appearance as the iconic Spider-Man villain Norman Osborne/Green Goblin.
The actor’s beloved role in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” remains his most recognizable performance, and he reprised Green Goblin to rave reviews in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Dafoe told Inverse in a recent interview to promote his new thriller, “Inside,” that a third go-around with the Spider-Man villain is not out of the question. “If everything was right, sure,” Dafoe said. “I mean, that’s a great role.
I liked the fact that it’s a double role both times. Twenty years ago, and fairly recently, both times [were] very different experiences, but I had a good time on both.” During his press tour for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” in which his Green Goblin reunited on screen with Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man and became a villain to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, Dafoe said that his main stipulation for reprising the villain was that he not be a cameo appearance. “I really didn’t want to do a cameo,” Dafoe told The Mary Sue at the time. “I wanted to make sure there was something substantial enough to do that wasn’t just a tip of the hat.
And the other thing was, I said I really want there to be action — I want to take part in action scenes. Because that’s really fun for me.
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