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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Marvel’s latest Spider-Man film,Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Willem Dafoedidn’t stress about keeping hisSpider-Man: No Way Homecameo under wraps. In fact, Dafoe, 66, said he created “a fun little game” out of his secret.
Dafoe, who professed he’s “a bad liar,” told the outlet he didn’t have to fib about his involvement in the superhero flick, explaining, “Often I go off and people don’t ask where!”
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Dafoe first appeared in aSpider-Manfilm as Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in 2002. The actor toldVarietythat his character in the original film had “a split personality,” not unlike Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
“It’s a split personality, a guy that’s conflicted,” he said. “It’s that classic thing of a devil on the shoulder and an angel on that shoulder.”
When it came to reprising his complicated character, Dafoe said he was initially confused, pointing out that his character had previously been killed off.
“It’s always a little difficult when you die in a movie to come back in any sequels,” he said. “I thought I was finished. When they initially said, ‘Would you like to reprise this role?’ I thought, ‘Really? How does that happen?’ I was kind of stupid about it.”
Still, he enjoyed returning to the franchise, Dafoe said, tellingVariety,“I can say, and maybe drank the Kool-Aid, but these are people that really are believing in what they’re doing and giving themselves to it in a very full way.”
He added, “I’m not just talking about really good actors. I’m talking about the effects people, the camera department – they’re all very top level. And then when you have the resources and possibility of making a popular film, that’s all pretty attractive.”
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Dafoe wasn’t the only star to reprise his role in the latestSpider-Manfilm. Two actors who played Spider-Man/Peter Parker previously —Andrew GarfieldandTobey Maguire— also returned, and Alfred Molina reprised his role as Dr. Otto Octavius forNo Way Home.
Like Dafoe, Garfield, 38, also had to keep his role under wraps. The actor said he even kept his involvement a secret from his ex-girlfriend,Emma Stone, who starred in twoSpider-Manmovies with him as Gwen Stacy.
“Emma kept on texting me. She was like, ‘Are youin this newSpider-Manfilm?’ " Garfield told Josh Horowitz’sHappySadConfusedpodcast earlier this month. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ "
He added, “She was like, ‘Shut up. Just tell me.’ I’m like, ‘I honestly don’t know’ — I kept it going, even with her. And then she saw it. She was like, ‘You’re a jerk.’ "
Spider-Man: No Way Homeis in theaters now.
source: people.com
