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Willem Dafoe is open to reprising Green Goblin role in another ‘Spider-Man’ film
After playing the Green Goblin in four different ‘Spider-Man’ films, Dafoe states that he’s willing to do more.
Actor Willem Dafoe played Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in four different ‘Spider-Man’ films over the course of twenty years and in a recent interview, he stated that he’d be willing to return to play the iconic villain a fifth time.
Dafoe stunned audiences with a terrifying portrayal of the Green Goblin in 2001′s ‘Spider-Man’ where his character directly opposed Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker. He then returned as the Green Goblin in ‘Spider-Man 2′, ‘Spider-Man 3′ and the MCU’s ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’.
“If everything was right, sure,” Dafoe told Inverse. “I mean, that’s a great role. I like 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,” he said.
Reprising his role in ‘No Way Home’
Dafoe’s character got to interact with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man in ‘No Way Home’ courtesy of the multiverse.
Dafoe told Variety: “It’s always a little difficult when you die in a movie to come back in any sequels. I thought I was finished. When they initially said, ‘Would you like to reprise your role?’ I thought, ‘Really? How does this happen?’ I was kind of stupid about it.”
“I can say, and maybe drank the Kool-Aid, but these are people that really are believing in what they’re doing and giving themselves to it in a very full way,” he added.
“I’m not just talking about really good actors. I’m talking about the effects people, the camera department – they’re all very top-level. And then when you have the resources and possibility of making a popular film, that’s all pretty attractive.”
Dafoe as the Joker?
Due to his terrifying, yet nuanced performance as the Green Goblin, many have fan cast Dafoe as the equally manic Joker. For his part, Dafoe is very much open to playing a version of the DC villain.
“There is something interesting about, like, if there was a Joker imposter,” Dafoe told GQ. “So it would be possible to have no dueling Jokers, but someone that [claims] to be the Joker that isn’t the Joker.
“And that kind of opens up the possibility of an interesting story, particularly if you had Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, and then you had someone who was either imitating or riffing off what he did. I fantasized about that.
“But other than that I am not talking to anybody [about it].”