Who’s you’re favorite Spider-Man baddy, across all the live-action films?

This man was literally one of the best non MCU Marvel villains, got sucked into the MCU, *became* one of the best villains in the MCU, and just left. What a chad.

One of the greatest comic book villain portrayals of all time and he seems like he didn’t miss a beat between the 1st SM and No Way Home. And to top it off, to do his own stunts at his age is seriously impressive…

The fact that this man’s conditions were to return in no way home were “I do my own stunts and fight scenes otherwise the fans won’t believe it was me” He is an actor like no other

I worked on this film doing VFX. On all these shots. Man, what a blast from the past. We had no idea it would be this successful, we laughed at it in dailies. Also...its incredible how high-fidelity the photography is compared to today's Netflix or Hollywood films shot digitally. I was a VFX artist so I would promote digital things, of course...but I realize now film looks incredible.

Dafoe actually enjoys acting. He has fun BEING these characters. And I don’t see why he shouldn’t.

Hearing about Willem DeFoe basically having to fight for the role-it just makes him as an actor and a person even better, IMHO.

Willem had only one thought in his mind when he knew he had to fight for the role. "Gods don't choose, we take."

as a child, i was absolutely terrified of the green goblin. i was scared of the scene where norman shakes violemtely and breaks out of the chamber. seeing willam dafoe's raw portrayal of the emotions of norman was scarier than the goblins mask itself. every second of norrman was like i was really there, seeing the man. the goblins laugh is still ingrained into my head as something that evokes a primal fear from my childhood.

Willem Dafoe is a beast and he was 100% right he was born for the role he was to Green Goblin what Robert Downey JR was to Tony Stark

Honestly, Sam Raimi’s horror style was the perfect way to bring comic super heroes to their fullest.

The mirror scene was the first scene I ever saw as a kid where I felt the villain was immensely interesting. My admiration for how he could switch back and forth so quickly and without missing a beat is also what made me realize how a talented actor could really shine

Raimi's outfit designs are simply the best! This version of the Green Goblin was, is, and will always be the definitive version of the villain to me. So much so that whenever I saw a different version of the goblin (especially versions older than the movie one), they looked wrong.

It should be worth noting that Defoe continued to insist on doing his own stunts when he reprised his role in no way home.

Something I feel that Raimi (and Dafoe) understood that the rest of the MCU didn’t is that the villains are horror movie characters. To us and the heroes, it’s a thriller action, but to the in-universe people, these villains are nightmares.

That story about the teeth is the best part of this video. And it makes perfect sense, and I can see why the producer wanted that. But the improvisation to leave his natural teeth on, in the mirror scene adds to the viciousness of the goblin, and we don’t even know they did that to the audience. Great work.

Love this mini docu tribute to the MCUs most iconic villain

Dude! didn't know that the mirror scene was shot in one take. That shows how good of an actor he is.

You know you've nailed a character when the following reboots of the franchise don't even want to try to make a different version of your character.

Now after all the hype settled down and we can come back to No Way Home, I think one of the most brilliant parts of that movie is definitely Willem coming back as the green goblin without the mask, that scene where Peter is just punching him straight in the face and he just laughs like a maniac, that's chilling man, what a performance

Dafoe: *plays one of the most compelling and interesting villains on TV ever Also Dafoe: "Wanna see me do it again?" Absolute Chad

He’s a menace of the Rami universe and the MCU. The Goblin is literally a multiversal threat.

This man made this role so Iconic that I hear his voice even when I read the comics

Dafoe understands the craft and gets why it matters. That’s why he gets the roles we love, and we love to see him in those roles.

I remember as a kid admiring Willam Dafoe for his role in Platoon. Ever since I try to watch everything with him in it.

Willem Dafoe's voice done it for me.The split character was just perfect.

William Defoe literally stepped out the Toby timeline and jumped into to the Tom timeline to teach him how to be Spider-Man

Dafoe’s delivery of the rooftop speech is permanently seared into my brain. He took a monologue that could very easily be campy and delivered it with such precision and menace that it has more weight.

That scene where both the goblin and Norman are talking to each is just masterful…Willem is, was and always will be a brilliant actor.

To those who don't know, the other actors that were considered for the Green Goblin role at the time were Nicholas Cage, John Travolta, John Malkovich, Jim Carrey, Jason Issacs and Robert De Niro. Maybe I could see Jason Issacs for the Norman Osborn role and I can see Jim Carrey doing the Green Goblin part, but I think Dafoe did a good job embodying both characters. Edit: Thanks for all the likes.

Honestly this makes me love and respect Sam Raimis Spider-Man trilogy even more. Growing up with it as a kid and seeing it now as an adult , you can really see the love the man had for the source material and the love he put in the actors heart making them wanna preform there best . I seriously don’t think with the way superhero movies are now and how connected every movie has to be and how it has to be part of a bigger cinematic universe we won’t see this type of story telling of Spider-Man in a movie where it’s just about him and the people in his lives and not about a larger universe but hey at least we got this

He killed the role in both Universes. The voice, the laugh, the menace, one of my favorite things to watch.

From interviews I've seen recently, it seems like he's just as passionate about his job as ever. Loads of respect for anyone who can preserve that for their whole life.

I like how they made the “capped teeth” thing a major plot point in No Way Home. When DaFoe’s in Norman mode, his teeth are “normal”. But when the Goblin takes over, his teeth revert to how they naturally look.

Awesome piece. What really got my respect for Dafoe was how he was able to pick up the character 25 years later and hit a home run! THAT'S acting.

i know he mentions it, but his theatre training is highly experimental - you can look up his work with the Wooster Group to get a very strong understanding of where the need to do the “physical stuff” he mentions, along with his swing-for-the-fucking-fences delivery, comes from. huge admirer of his career and his artistic ambitions

I love Dafoe as Green Goblin, he's just a riot in this movie. I'm glad they settled on him because while he hams it up, he has subtleties too and Dafoe's theater background is literally perfect for Green Goblin with his flair for dramatics, it's very fitting. And his voice work with Goblin is so fitting, it's iconic. I love his attitude too, it wasn't treated as something serious by a lot of his peers, but he loved the idea and approached with excitement and respect. Willem is great!

Legitimately, the way he delivered the lines; which were in all honesty a travesty to read, were 100% masterfully done. Somehow the "comical" lines were completely believable

I can’t imagine a world where Willem Dafoe isn’t casted as The Joker…

0:47 back then when he was Spooderman

You are filling the deep hole that I've had ever since Every Frame a Painting ended. Thank you for creating this channel

He’s got all the acting chops of a “serious” actor and then goes full ham. It actually works so well for the Goblin because he’s terrifying in a instant

Wow the teeth part legitimately got me. I never even paid attention to that and I LOVE that they went with the direction of showing his teeth in the mirror scene. I love that scene so much, I am always wondering how on earth did the producers think anyone BUT defoe could have done the goblin any justice. What an amazing actor.

Im 23. And I remember when I first saw the movie as a kid. Every actor’s/actresses face in this movie, even if I only knew from this movie, have nostalgic faces and roles I haven’t forgotten. That’s some good nostalgia and acting.

Dafoe is such a gem

I gotta say, the man really knows how to switch his tone of voice a I enjoyed hearing his green goblin voice.

You know he's something of an actor himself.

Willem Dafoe is such a great actor. You could tell he really cared about playing Green Goblin to his fullest potential and wasnt just looking for a paycheck

This is so tightly edited with the clips I love it

Now with No Way Home tying with the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man movies, Defoe's Green Goblin is now technically the first MCU villain.

Willem DaFoe is the PERFECT live-action Green Goblin, and I feel like he would've done an absolutely perfect Joker for any Batman movie! The man is a little crazy, and that's what makes him so great!

I've always loved William DeFoe and I'm so happy to see him get the credit he deserves as an actor! His acting in No Way Home is incredibly moving, proves his amazing control of his face and voice to move from warm and soft to dark and terrifying, and it heightens the overall movie from an artistic perspective. Solid video, and so happy this sweet man and passionate and incredibly talented actor is getting the praise and recognition he deserves!

This was a brilliant video, good job! Not what I was expecting from the title, but a great presentation!

This video feels like a story youd hear on npr. Really well made

Spiderman is by far the movie that most impacted my childhood, and i never get tired of re-watching it. And without a singular doubt, when i think of the definition of "villain", Willem Dafoe Green Goblin always appear fresh in my mind, with that sinister smile and that terrorific voice that always scared a 5 year old boy.

8:37 Green Goblin dancing through the chaos is not something I thought I needed to see. 😂😂😂

There was so much creativity and passion put into the Raimi movies, from the performances to the effects team and everyone else. I've tried watching these other MCU movies but they feel like something else. Sure the Raimi movies can be cheesy at times but they felt so much more authentic than these new marvel movies nowadays. This was a risky move. Something new and unconventional. These new ones feel like they're just betting on the "safe path" once they saw how lucrative these types of movies are

One of my ALLTIME favorite actors!

I really like the seamless blend between voice over, interview clips and movie clips (and audio commentary?). Makes it feel like I am both getting the background and the story as told by Dafoe himself

Leaving the caps off in the mirror scene is so neat and I never noticed. Instant classic

He’s one of the best actors of this era

Dude I just wanna say, I absolutely loved this video. I really liked how at the end I was expecting you to do some sort of sponsor thing with the teeth subject but you just added it as a fun fact. Love that

Usually I'm tired of crossovers, but Dafoe plays the role so well, I wish we could have seen Osborn in a scene with Stark, either in or out of costume.

I've thought about his portrayal so much since I've first seen it. He was an amazing villain. The mirror scene is so ridiculously good. I am so glad I found your channel and that you covered this.

Excellent breakdown!!

Great video summary! Dafoe was genius in this role. The original trilogy is still king even if SM3 isn’t perfect.

Willem Dafoe is one of the best actors Marvel has ever had for a baddie, and he always will be after reprising his Goblin role in No Way Home. Fantastic

Up there with heath ledger and Jack Nicholson for absolutely nailing a villain in a comic book movie. An absolutely legendary performance. When I was 9 and this movie came out he scared the shit out of me!

This was fantastic. First video I watched of yours. And Bravo to Dafoe , legendary!

Norman practically nailed being the goblin ^^

When I clicked on this video I didn't look at the views or subscribers and after seeing them now I am shocked. This is an amazing video.

It's strange, I feel a sort of retrospective anxiety and simultaneously an immense relief upon learning that Willem Dafoe had to fight for the role. Raimi's Spider-Man is the very first movie I ever saw in theaters at just 1 year old. Ever since then, it's remained my very favorite film series of all time. Easily more impactful for me than ANY other media. I've seen them all a million times, and I'm somehow lucky enough to have been born just in time to witness each one's release, and the hype surrounding them, all during my formative years. The composition of every scene, the delivery of every line of dialogue, they're distinctly and permanently burned into my brain. And Dafoe's performance was so perfect. The thought that it more easily could have been Nicolas Cage or anyone else in his place... it feels like a bizarre perversion of what I now consider to be a timeless, classic, revolutionary masterpiece, created exactly as it was meant to be. As if the universe willed it the very moment of its birth. I can't imagine a world without Raimi's Spider-Man, or without Dafoe's Goblin. I don't want to. They made me who I am.

Willem is definitely the STAR of that film. He appears in each movie afterwards in little moments and he ended up stealing the multiverse film also. What an actor!!! Just insanely talented!

1:01 Marvel & DC presents… “Green Goblin VS The Dark Knight: American Psycho”

I was 7 when this movie came out and the Green Goblin (and specifically the mirror scene) scared me so much that I had nightmares for months after watching it

I'm happy this got recommended to me. Great video

That man’s just unmatched.

Awesome work on this - Defoe really brought to life my favourite villian of all SpiderMan movies!

Great editing!

I never knew that Dafoe was stifled... never knew he wanted the role so bad... and he was such a bad ass in No Way Home... he knocked it out of the park

Amazing editing and commentary! had me smiling throughout the whole video :)

Absolutely love the style of your videos!! Very unique and feels like a little documentary!

I’m loving your channel! Keep up the hard work

My goodness, that detail on the teeth, I’ve never heard that before and it’s right there plain as day

It's always super cool seeing the real-world background for how a character ended up the way they are presented on the big screen. The casting battles, the actor's thought processes, why they presented certain scenes the way they did, etc. It's like getting a glimpse into the bigger picture of what makes the artform art to begin with, and why it ends up being art at all.

Acting as these over-the-top villains and in these expressive scenes sounds like a blast, but this video puts into perspective how much effort goes into all of the background stuff and getting prepared for it.

Great editing.

8:33 I wanted to comment on the goblin dancing at the end of the video but now I'm realizing that looks like the BEST look at the purple highlights they added. Like I almost thought that was an alternate costume with purple paint for a second.

Genuinely curious, what do you think separates Defoes performance from Ledgers. Personally I think he did as good as Ledger

That mirror scene is one of the craziest scenes I have ever seen in a super hero movie I don’t any other superhero movie has had a scene like that

I'm still waiting for a superhero movie villain to feel as terrifying, intense, and menacingly charismatic as Dafoe's Green Goblin did when I saw the movie as a kid

This is VERY well edited

I can't even imagine what a loss it would be if they casted someone else. That movie wouldn't work without Willem and he probably wouldn't be so popular and beloved today if it wasn't for the Green Goblin. But the best thing is that you can tell he really loves acting and is always having a lot of fun on set.

Love how no way home did do much work and appreciation to the green goblin

Neat montage, bravo.

Great video dude. He killed this role. Love og Spider-Man.

Willem Dafoe's performance as Green Goblin was legendary.

Great video bro! I love your channel!! First started watching the Heath Ledger video (awesome video) and then I was led to this one. I love Willem Defoe. I was cheering so loud for him in Spiderman No Way Home.

Absolutely phenomenal portrayal. ♥

Willem Dafoe's portrayal of the Green Goblin will always be my favorite portrayal of a villain especially within the MCU not to mention that Green Goblin as a whole is my favorite villain within the MCU in general. Great vid tho gang I subscribed & will stay tuned for any of your new content 🔥💯