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Q Why has it taken so long to make a proper big screen movie ofĪ ``It's been legal problems. We asked him some key Spider-Man questions. I'm sure there's some male equivalent, but I don't quiteĭIRECTOR Sam Raimi is a long-term Spider-Man fan who read theĬomics avidly between the ages of 12 and 17. It made me look great, but how we suffer! Wasn't pleasant, but at the same time, it's just like a woman ``But I'm pretty fit, I'm a yoga practitioner. It was just very tight - like you reallyįelt trussed up. Little scary because my feet were clamped into these braces attached to Graceful - and not fall off the glider,'' he says. Trained extensively for his ac-tion sequences. There is something intriguing a character that has a moral crisis - andĪctually, I suppose Jesus does, and talks to himself.'' Dafoe ``I can't think of another role like that. ``That's something I do every day in my life,'' he The Green Goblin, and in one memorable scene he is required to converse ``When I was young, I thought comicīooks were for people that didn't read real books.''ĭafoe was initially intrigued by the duality of Norman Osborn and ``I never read any comic booksĪs a kid,'' says Dafoe. The Evil Dead, Darkman and A Simple Plan, got Dafoe on board the projectīy telling him it was a character piece. Would kill for, but i tially-sceptical Dafoe had to convinced byĭirector Sam Raimi t he was right for the role. Scene-stealing, fant arch-villain role that dozens of maj league actors Transporter complete with an ar nal of machine-guns a mini-missiles, on Strength, but also driving him insa He turns into the Green GoblĪs the Green Goblin, Dafoe gets wear an elaborate, green-armourĬostume and mask, and flies arou on his own glider - a winged, me lic While Parker finds himself e dowed with extraordinary pow afterīeing bitten by a genetical altered spider, Osborn undergo some changesĪn experimental formula go awry, increasing his intelligence a Watson, Dafoe st as megalomaniacal businessman N man Osborn, the father High-school kid Pe Parker), and Kirsen Dunst as loveterest Mary Jane Spider-Man will undoubtedly bring him his bigg audience.Īlongside Tobey Maguire in the title role (and that his alter-ego, Has found himself in the unusual yet en able position of bouncing backĪnd forth between le and showy character parts. Missed out on more conventio roles because he's largely perceivedĪs an eccent actor in dark films, the kind of boy-next-door type - youĪ lean, sharp-featured actor with a seductive, serp tine smile, he It looks like me enough that it's unnerving.''ĭafoe, born in Appleton, Wisconsin, is strong aware that he has ``But it's kind of good that it doesn't really look Quite frankly, when I saw theįirst one thought it looked more like Jeremy Irons. To see how poorly the corporation-guy d sells. ``Now I've never been to a psychiatrist - but I mi have toĪfter this!'' smiles Dafoe. Green Goblin, and one as his alt ego, businessman Norman Osborn. Not only that, but there will be two Dafoe dolls there - one as the Out `Mum, Green Goblin!' That's go to be strange, an all-new ``Kids in the supermarket will be pointing to shel and screaming Spider-Man fan at ho with his 10-year-old son, Jack. The first time ever that there's t possibility of me being anĪction-figure,'' says 46-ye old Dafoe, who has the perfect Like the steam Madonna romp Body of Evidence. Wild at Heart, Mississippi Burni Born on the Fourth of July, American This is the guy with modern adult classics to credit like Platoon, Only now has it dawned onĭafoe that he has ne made a movie before that children can see. The title role in The Last Temptation Christ. His image will also be on the side of cereal packe on pillow-casesĪnd that's a bit of a spooky leap for someone w once played Screen bad guy - the dastardly Green Goblin in one the most eagerlyĪwaited comic-hero blockbusters of time, Spider-Man. Impressionable you sters everywhere as this summer's most notable b Preci For this esteemed Hollywood star about to enter the conscience of Being an action-figure doll in stores all over the world, to be WILLEM DAFOE is having a bit o problem getting his head around som thing. APA style: Interview: The green face of evil Rob Driscoll talks to Willem Dafoe about playing Spider-Man's arch enemy in Hollywood's new blockbuste.Interview: The green face of evil Rob Driscoll talks to Willem Dafoe about playing Spider-Man's arch enemy in Hollywood's new blockbuste." Retrieved from
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