Willem Dafoe Didn't Want Green Goblin Return To Be A Power Cameo, He Insisted On Doing Action Scenes
Willem Dafoe who has returned to play the Spider-Man villain Green Goblin reportedly didn't want want to return only for a cameo. The 66-year-old actor revealed in an interview that he insisted on doing action scenes wh
Willem
Dafoe
who
has
returned
to
play
the
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home
villain
Green
Goblin
reportedly
didn't
want
want
to
return
only
for
a
cameo.
The
66-year-old
actor
revealed
in
an
interview
that
he
insisted
on
doing
action
scenes
when
first
approached
with
the
role.
Dafoe
said,
he
believes
having
that
visceral
nature
is
key
in
people
being
able
to
buy
the
character.
When
discussing
a
potential
return
in
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home
with
director
Jon
Watts
and
producer
Amy
Pascal,
he
said,
"Listen
I
don't
want
to
just
pop
in
there
as
a
cameo
or
just
fill
in
in
close-ups.
I
want
to
do
the
action
because
that's
fun
for
me."
"To
do
this
physical
stuff
was
important
to
me," Dafoe
added
revealing
that
he
was
pitched
the
film
even
before
the
script
was
written.
Dafoe
said,
"It's
really
impossible
to
add
any
integrity
or
any
fun
to
the
character
if
you
don't
participate
in
these
things
because
all
that
action
stuff
informs
your
relationship
to
the
characters
and
the
story...
It
makes
you
earn
your
right
to
play
the
character."
Earlier,
Tom
Holland
had
opened
up
about
acting
alongside
all
Dafoe,
Alfred
Molina,
and
Jamie
Foxx.
He
told
ComicBookMovie,
"Walking
on
set,
playing
this
character,
we're
here
with
Spider-Man:
No
Way
Home,
and
I'm
established
and
I
know
what
I'm
doing."
"All
of
a
sudden,
I'm
thrown
this
curveball
of
fighting
villains
from
the
Raimi
Universe.
It
was
crazy.
I
mean,
I
had
so
many
'pinch
me'
moments
where
I'd
be
standing
there
looking
at
Alfred
doing
scenes
with
him
and
I
really
had
to
kind
of
take
myself
out
of
it
and
kind
of
focus
as
an
actor
rather
than
a
fan
because
I
was
freaking
out
inside," Tom
added.