Spider-Man: No Way Home
Each live - action Spider - Man could have had his own respectiveGreen Goblin , but that chance is long gone . By the end ofSpider - serviceman : No Way dwelling , Willem Dafoe cement himself as the perfect Green Goblin . His sweet , parental take on Norman Osborn contrasts with his disturbed carrying into action as the scientist ’s malefic counterpart . This made him the idealistic villain forTobey Maguire ’s Spider - Man , and across the multiverse , for Tom Holland ’s Peter Parker as well .
translate the Green Goblin to be - action is no easy task , part due to the character ’s cartoonish dress and his unapologetically evil demeanor . Yet , Spider - Man : No Way Homefound the right balance between comic truth and realism . Willem Dafoe ’s partially - armored Green Goblin embody the character ’s defining traits without the need for a mask . But the cackle villain who rides a sailplane is not the only Norman Osborn in Marvel strip . Osborn is transformed into a huge flagitious translation of the Green Goblin in Marvel ’s Ultimate universe ( where he down Peter Parker ) , and he takes up the identity ofthe Dark Avengersleader Iron Patriot to become an malign variation of Iron Man .
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These alternative angles on Norman Osborn almost made their elbow room to live - action at law . InThe Amazing Spider - Man 2 , a dying Norman Osborn inform his son Harry about his disease , which leads Harry to seek a cure from Spider - Man and afterwards translate himself into the Green Goblin . This Norman ’s hands had long , dark nail that twit an eventual translation into the hulked - out Green Goblin from Marvel ’s Ultimate existence , who could have battled with Andrew Garfield ’s Spider - Man in a sequel . year afterward , with Tom Holland ’s Spider - Man now part of the MCU , an MCU - born Norman Osborn could have opted to apply Iron Man engineering to become the sinister Iron Patriot and tarnish Tony Stark ’s legacy .
Green Goblin ’s Ultimate counterpart and his Iron Patriot character tot up subtlety to Norman Osborn ’s troubled intellect . The beastly Green Goblin , up to ofkilling Spider - Manwithout a second thought in the comics , would be an interesting archnemesis for Andrew Garfield ’s Spider - Man , who has more than enough personal reasons to face his Father of the Church ’s possible killer and the father of his lady friend ’s grampus . Similarly , Tom Holland ’s Spider - Man would be forced to face up a dismal translation of his deceased mentor , peradventure persuading him from trust any mentor physique ever again . The Amazing Spider - Man ’s Green Goblin could have doubled down on the animalistic ruthlessness of the villain , and the MCU ’s Iron Patriot could have discover just how bend the man behind the goblin really is .
The return of Dafoe ’s Green Goblin , Alfred Molina ’s Doctor Octopus , Jamie Foxx ’s Electro , Rhys Ifans ' Lizard , and Thomas Hayden Church ’s Sandman inSpider - Man : No Way Homemeans that they in all likelihood wo n’t be brought back in any form anytime before long . Unfortunately , this means that theseSpider - Manvillains wo n’t be explored any furtherin the future , despite all their iconic stories from the comics . But on the bright side , it also means that there is only one true live - action at law Green Goblin — Willem Dafoe .
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