| Norman Osborn | |
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| Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Marvel Cinematic Universe character | |
 The final Green Goblin suit as it appears in Spider-Man (2002). | |
| First Episode Appearance | Spider-Man (2002) |
| Final Episode Appearance | Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) |
| Based on | Green Goblin by Stan Lee |
| Adapted by | David Koepp |
| Character played by | Willem Dafoe |
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| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Green Goblin |
| Species | Human mutate |
| Occupation | Head of Oscorp |
| Affiliation | Oscorp Industries |
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| Children | Harry Osborn (son) |
| Nationality | American |
Norman Virgil Osborn is a fictional character from Sam Raimi's trilogy of Spider-Man films and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), adapted from the comic book character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, also known by his alter-ego, the Green Goblin. He is portrayed by Willem Dafoe, who also voices the character in the video game adaptation of the first film.
Norman is introduced in the first Spider-Man (2002) film as the CEO of science company Oscorp, and the father of Harry Osborn. Norman has a strained relationship with his son and often neglects him in favor of Harry's best friend, Peter Parker, because he views himself as the only father figure in the boy's life after his Uncle Ben is killed.
When Oscorp faces financial difficulties and Norman is pressured to secure a government contract to save it from bankruptcy, he tests an unstable performance-enhancement serum on himself, developing enhanced physical abilities and a split personality. This new persona, later dubbed the "Green Goblin", occasionally takes over Norman's body to exact revenge on their enemies, using advanced military equipment stolen from Oscorp. Norman eventually becomes aware of his split personality, but rather than rejecting his Green Goblin persona, he fully embraces it. He later comes into conflict with Spider-Man, and eventually discovers that he is Peter, but accidentally kills himself while fighting him. Norman's Green Goblin persona appears posthumously in the sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), as a hallucination enticing Harry, who assumed Spider-Man killed his father, to take revenge on the hero. Dafoe reprised the role in the Marvel Studios film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), in which Norman is transported there right before his death along with four other villains due to a magic spell gone wrong, and ends up clashing with that universe's Spider-Man and his allies.
Dafoe's performance as the Green Goblin garnered wide critical praise, and the character is now considered to be one of the most iconic villains in superhero films.
Character development[]
Design, casting and execution[]
The original animatronic headgear for the Green Goblin was created by Amalgamated Dynamics
During development of what would eventually become Spider-Man (2002), David Koepp's rewrites of James Cameron's original script had the Green Goblin as the main antagonist and added Doctor Octopus as the secondary antagonist.[1] Incoming director Sam Raimi felt the Green Goblin and the surrogate father-son theme between Norman Osborn and Peter Parker, influenced by the Ultimate Marvel version of the character, would be more interesting, thus, he dropped Doctor Octopus from the film.[2] In June 2000, Columbia Pictures hired Scott Rosenberg to rewrite Koepp's material. Willem Dafoe was cast for the role of Norman Osborn in November 2000.[3] Nicolas Cage (who would later voice Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Jason Issacs, John Malkovich, and Jim Carrey turned down the role.[4][5] Dafoe insisted on wearing the uncomfortable costume as he felt that a stuntman would not convey the character's necessary body language. The 580-piece suit took half an hour to put on.[6]
Dafoe later called his role as the Green Goblin one of his favorites throughout his career, having enjoyed playing the unhinged character particularly due to his dual personalities, and balancing between a dramatic and comedic performance. In particular, he enjoyed the mirror scene in which Norman Osborn discovers and converses with the Green Goblin persona after murdering the Oscorp board of directors. Sam Raimi had given Dafoe a copy of Jekyll and Hyde to prepare for the scene, which was filmed in one take multiple times before Raimi decided to split it.[7][8]
To prevent his involvement in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) from leaking and preserve the film's secrecy, Dafoe was required to walk around the set with a cloak covering his costume. Peter Parker / Spider-Man actor Tom Holland first met Dafoe when he accidentally bumped into Dafoe during filming, reacting surprised upon seeing who the cloaked actor was.[9]
Costume design[]
Before settling on the look used in the film, the original headgear created for the Green Goblin was an animatronic mask created by Amalgamated Dynamics. The design was much more faithful to the comics than the finished product, and allowed for a full range of emotions to be expressed by the wearer. Ultimately, the mask was scrapped before an actor was chosen to play the Green Goblin, and a static, military-grade helmet was produced for the film instead, due to the animatronic concept being deemed "too creepy" by studio executives and due to technical difficulties and constraints.[10][11][12]
Characterization and themes[]
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Norman Osborn during the iconic "mirror scene"
As portrayed in the Sam Raimi film series, Norman Osborn is a workaholic scientist/businessman, who has a complicated relationship with his son Harry. A career-focused man who prioritizes science, business and success above all else and despite genuinely caring for his son, has a distant relationship with him and is quite disappointed in Harry, who is meant to be Norman's heir, but lacks his father's ambition, intellect, strength and will to succeed and control.
The Green Goblin is Norman Osborn's second personality, born because of the exposure to the experimental performance-enhancing gas. The Green Goblin may perhaps be the unrestrained manifestation of Norman Osborn's ambition for power, desire to succeed, and hatred for anyone who may be a hindrance to his control, such as greedy contractors and board members, and his destined enemy, the superhero Spider-Man. He is a violent, sadistic and unhinged psychopath and an over-ambitious maniac who believes that his power gives him endless potential and places him above normal people. He even attempts to invite Spider-Man to join him, believing that as another powerful being, they both could accomplish many things together. He refuses to give any value to human life and kills whomever stands in his way without hesitation. Although his mental stability has been badly damaged, the Green Goblin is extremely intelligent and clever, making him even more dangerous.
In the comics, Norman Osborn is either depicted as having dual personalities (in original/classic depictions of the Spider-Man mythos) or utilizing the Goblin persona as a mask for his villainous deeds and being truly evil (as in later depictions), depending on the writer. The films went with the former route, making the Goblin personality separate from Norman's normal personality.[7]
Writing in 2020, James Whitbrook of Gizmodo contrasts Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker / Spider-Man with Willem Dafoe's Norman Osborn / Green Goblin and James Franco's Harry Osborn in the way they choose to exercise their power in the film series, as he notes that the leading men in the series appear to hold some form of power. While Peter learns to tame his abilities and accept the responsibility that comes with it, Norman gives into fear of losing his prestigious position at his company, choosing to pursue an alternate power in the form of inadvertently becoming the Green Goblin. As a result, he attacks his former colleagues and the people he cares about, namely Harry and Peter, while descending further into madness and insanity.[13]
Fictional character biography[]
Becoming the Green Goblin[]
After hearing his colleague Dr. Mendel Stromm reveal to the military officials overseeing the project that some of the test subjects have gone insane, Osborn is threatened with a tight deadline, and experiments on himself. The process ends up developing an alternate, crazed personality of Osborn, and he kills Stromm. The military decides to give the super-soldier contract to another company, Quest Aerospace, and in revenge, a crazed Osborn, under the influence of the new Goblin persona, steals an Oscorp suit and glider, killing several high-ranking military officers and Quest scientists present at the test. Although Quest Aerospace's prototype is destroyed, the company decides to expand and, in doing so, assumes control of Oscorp on the condition that Osborn steps down as CEO. The Goblin kills Oscorp's board of directors during a festival in Times Square, thus removing the last threat to his control of Oscorp, and inadvertently almost killing Mary Jane Watson and meets Spider-Man.
The Goblin leads an attack at the Daily Bugle editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson, who has dubbed his crazed split personality as the "Green Goblin", for who takes pictures of Spider-Man. The Goblin offers Spider-Man a partnership and belittles his choice to become a hero, warning that eventually, the city will turn against him. The Goblin baits Spider-Man to a burning apartment, and demands Spider-Man's choice, to which the latter refuses to work with him. After deducing Spider-Man is Peter Parker, Osborn attacks and hospitalizes Parker's aunt May, and later kidnaps Mary Jane thanks to his son, Harry. The Goblin makes Spider-Man choose between saving Mary Jane and a Roosevelt Island Tramway car full of children, but Parker saves both. The Goblin brutally beats Spider-Man, threatening to make Mary Jane's death "nice and slow", but an enraged Parker brutally counterattacks the Goblin. The Goblin briefly reverts back to Norman and takes off his mask to reveal himself to Parker, begging for forgiveness, and stating that Parker was like a son to him. After Parker retorts that his true father is Ben Parker, the Goblin persona takes over Norman again and attempts to impale Parker with his bladed glider, but the latter senses the attack coming and dodges, allowing the glider to instead fatally stab Osborn, whose last words are a request for Parker to not tell Harry.
As a hallucination[]
Two years later, Harry discovers Parker is Spider-Man, and meets Osborn, now a living hallucination. Osborn states that Harry should avenge him, while Harry is reluctant to kill his best friend. Harry shatters the mirror and discovers a hidden lair containing Green Goblin equipment and technology.
One year later, Harry becomes the "New Goblin" in honor of Osborn's legacy. Osborn's presence appears after Harry recovers his memories after his first encounter with Parker, reminding Harry to avenge him and to go after Parker's heart. However, Harry eventually finds out the truth about his father's death and gives up his vendetta against Parker, helping him in a battle against Flint Marko / Sandman and Eddie Brock / Venom and giving his own life to save his friend.
Entering a different reality[]
Due to a malfunction in Dr. Stephen Strange's spell to erase people's memories of this Spider-Man's identity, Osborn, before his death, is brought in this alternate reality due to knowing his Parker's dual identity as Spider-Man. He suits up as the Green Goblin and flies towards the alternate Parker and Otto Octavius at the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. Elsewhere, Osborn abandons his Goblin mask and runs away, retrieved by F.E.A.S.T. and treated by Parker's aunt May. Parker works to make cures for Osborn, Octavius, Flint Marko / Sandman, Curt Connors / Lizard and Max Dillon / Electro. Green Goblin betrays the group and saves Dillon from being cured, dueling Parker in the apartment. The Goblin's glider flies towards him, and he rides on it, preparing to throw a pumpkin bomb at May, eventually killing her.
After Marko, Dillon and Connors are cured, Osborn attacks at the Statue of Liberty and destroys Strange's spell, causing the barriers between universes to break. While Strange attempts to seal the barriers, an enraged Parker nearly kills the Goblin before he is stopped by Osborn's Peter Parker, who is stabbed in the back by the Green Goblin. Parker injects a cure into the Goblin, turning him back to a remorseful Norman Osborn. Strange casts a spell to make everyone forget Peter Parker's existence, causing Osborn to return to his universe.
In other media[]
Television[]
This version of Norman Osborn is mentioned in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, a CGI-animated television series which serves as a loose alternate continuation of the first Spider-Man film. As in the films, Harry holds a grudge against Spider-Man for his father's death, and is not aware of Norman's criminal activities as the Green Goblin.
Video games[]
- Norman Osborn/Green Goblin appears in the video game adaptation of the 2002 film, with Willem Dafoe reprising his role in a vocal capacity, making him and Tobey Maguire the only two actors from the film to do so.
- This version of Norman Osborn appears in his Green Goblin persona in the 2007 game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, voiced by Roger L. Jackson. In this alternative timeline where all the villains from the Spider-Man films survived their supposed deaths, the Goblin is present during their attempt to kill Spider-Man in the game's opening cutscene. Harry is also present and assists Spider-Man as the New Goblin, not acknowledging that his father is among the villains at any point. After the battle, the group is attacked by a swarm of P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s, and the villains, including the Goblin, are suddenly teleported elsewhere while Spider-Man is rescued by S.H.I.E.L.D. The Goblin is then brainwashed by the villainous mastermind behind the P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s and sent to Tokyo to retrieve one of the meteor shard used to create the P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s. There, the player fights him on top of the city's Oscorp tower, and Spider-Man destroys his mind-controlling amulet, restoring his free will. Afterward, the Goblin, seeking revenge on whoever brainwashed him, reluctantly joins forces with Spider-Man, and becomes a playable character for the remainder of the game.
Reception and legacy[]
Willem Dafoe at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
Willem Dafoe's role in the first Spider-Man film was widely well-received, including a New York Daily News reviewer who felt he put "the scare in archvillain" and Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian who deemed him "strong support".[14][15][16] However, the Green Goblin costume used in the first film was met with a mixed response, with IGN's Richard George to comment years later: "We're not saying the comic book costume is exactly thrilling, but the Goblin armor (the helmet in particular) from Spider-Man is almost comically bad... Not only is it not frightening, it prohibits expression."[17]
Despite some criticism of the costume, Dafoe's rendition of the Green Goblin is now acclaimed as one of the greatest superhero film villains. Vulture ranked the Green Goblin 19th on the top 25 superhero film villains in 2018,[18] while Collider ranked him the 5th greatest Spider-Man film villain in 2020.[19] Steven Scaife of Vice wrote that "Dafoe's Goblin represents everything that’s fun about superhero villains, as well as everything that’s great about Raimi's campy films." He also commended Dafoe's voice and body language, which helped overcome the bulky Green Goblin costume that he compared to that of a Power Rangers villain.[20] Looking back at the Sam Raimi trilogy, Tom Holland, who portrays Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in addition to his co-star Jacob Batalon, praised Dafoe's performance in the trilogy, calling the Green Goblin a "landmark villain". The two actors praised Dafoe's ability to "bring a difficult character to life" and particularly the mirror scene where he portrays both Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin persona.[21] Later on December 4, 2021 during the film promotion in CCXP Brazil panel for Spider-Man: No Way Home, when asked about who was the most terrifying villain, Jamie Foxx who plays Electro in the film and is Dafoe's co-star called Green Goblin the most terrifying because it was "personal". [22][23]
Internet popularity[]
A shot of Norman chasing down Spider-Man became a popular Internet meme in 2020.[24] Osborn's line "I'm something of a scientist myself", which became a meme in the years proceeding the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, was reprised during the film.[25][26]
Accolades[]
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2002 | Spider-Man | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |
| 2003 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Villain | Nominated | [27] | |
| Best Fight (with Tobey Maguire) | Nominated | [27] |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Gross, Edward (May 2002). Spider-Man Confidential. Hyperion. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-7868-8722-2.
- ↑ Subtitled Factoids: Weaving the Web (DVD). Sony. 2002.
- ↑ "More Spider-Man Casting News: Dafoe Is Green Goblin". IGN. November 17, 2000. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Ethan Aames (September 18, 2004). "Interview: Nicolas Cage on National Treasure". Cinema Confidential. http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0411181.
- ↑ "Malkovich Says No To Spidey". Sci Fi Wire. November 6, 2000. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2000-11/06/10.00.film.
- ↑ David Hughes (2003). Comic Book Movies. London: Virgin Books. pp. 235–241. ISBN 0-7535-0767-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Holmes, Adam (2019-02-19). "Willem Dafoe Really Loved Playing The Green Goblin In Spider-Man". CINEMABLEND. Archived from the original on 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ (in en) Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters – GQ (Video). YouTube. February 15, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMguaZQREUt=202s.
- ↑ Oddo, Marco Vito (November 23, 2021). "Tom Holland Reveals How 'No Way Home' Kept the Returning Villains a Secret". Collider. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Parker, Ryan. "'Spider-Man': Willem Dafoe's Original Green Goblin Mask Was Amazing". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Lammers, Timothy. "Spider-Man's Green Goblin Mask Was Originally Far More Comic Accurate". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Hutchinson, Sam (2020-06-01). "Spider-Sense: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Details Of Sam Raimi Trilogy Fans Never Knew". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Whitbrook, James (2020-08-02). "Sam Raimi's Spider-Man is a Cautionary Tale About the Power Men Wield". Gizmodo UK. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Mathews, Jack (May 3, 2002). "What A Wondrous Web They Weave". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Bradhsaw, Peter (June 14, 2002). "Spider-Man". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Scott, A.O. (May 3, 2002). "Muscles Ripple, Webs Unfurl, Hormones Race". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ George, Richard (April 19, 2007). "Spider-Man in Film: Volume One". IGN. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Riesman, Abraham (2018-02-20). "The 25 Best Movie Supervillains, Ranked". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Reimann, Tom (2020-06-29). "Spider-Man's Movie Villains, Ranked According to Bodacity". Collider. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Scaife, Steven (December 2017). "Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin Was the Best Superhero Villain, Actually". www.vice.com. Archived from the original on 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Perrine, Aaron (2020-08-07). "Spider-Man: Far From Home Star Tom Holland Looks Back on Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin". Movies. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Green Goblin Is The Scariest Villain In Spider-Man: No Way Home Says Jamie Foxx". Small Screen. 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Spider-Man: No Way Home CCXP Panel Released". Marvel. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Caulfield, AJ (11 March 2020). "The Green Goblin Spider-Man Booty Meme Explained". Looper. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Woods, Sam (December 17, 2021). "Spider-Man No Way Home "I'm something of a scientist myself" Quote Explained". DualShockers. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Russell, Bradley (December 15, 2021). "Spider-Man: No Way Home Easter eggs: the 25 biggest Marvel references". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 27.0 27.1 "2003 MTV Movie Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
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