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Willem Dafoe is a comic book movie icon thanks to his performance as the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s 2002 blockbuster “Spider-Man,” but not everyone liked the way the character looked. Dafoe ...
William James "Willem" Dafoe (/ d ə ˈ f oʊ / də-FOH; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor.Known for his prolific career portraying diverse roles in both mainstream and arthouse films, he is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards.
Dafoe brought gravitas to one of the first and best 21st century superhero movies, playing the ambitious scientist Norman Osborn and his villainous alter ego, the Green Goblin.
Norman Virgil Osborn is a character portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy and later the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise.Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Osborn first appeared as the main antagonist in Spider-Man (2002), where he is a scientist and the CEO of Oscorp who tests an unstable performance-enhancing serum on himself ...
Speaking of memorable, Dafoe's dual performance as Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin in 2002's Spider-Man instantly put him in the canon of great cinematic super-villains.And Spidey fans cheered ...
The Green Goblin and several other supervillains initially attack Spider-Man, who defeats them with help from the New Goblin, before they are all attacked by P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s under Mysterio's command and captured. The Green Goblin is subsequently placed under mind control and sent to retrieve a meteor shard from Tokyo. There, Spider-Man defeats ...
Willem Dafoe ultimately signed up for the long hours in the makeup chair, which he did again when he reprised the role in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home. For Dafoe, it was another opportunity to ...
Willem Dafoe said he’s open to playing Norman Osborn, aka the Green Goblin, again “if everything was right.”. Dafoe, played the Green Goblin in the 2002 film “Spider-Man” and again in ...