Despite Norman's desire to redeem himself, the Goblin takes control in the worst moment, becoming one of the cruelest and deadliest foes that Tom Holland's Spider-Man had faced, pushing him to his limit. Though the Goblin is often regarded as one of the most referenced and gleefully evil Spider-Man villains put to the big screen, Dafoe is wary of his portrayal being just a meme. Continuing his character's story from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Dafoe's Norman Osborn grappled with his Green Goblin persona as he tried to cure himself and the other villains pulled into the MCU by a failed spell.
Click here to see Nejraoui's original post.ĭespite his DC work, Dafoe returned to Marvel in 2021, reprising his role as another iconic supervillain associated with the color green in Spider-Man: No Way Home as the Green Goblin.
