Willem Dafoe Says He Would Play Green Goblin In Another ‘Spider-Man’ Movie

Willem Dafoe might not be done with his Green Goblin character after all.

The actor told Inverse that he would be willing to play the iconic villain in another Spider-Man movie “if everything was right.”

Dafoe first portrayed the popular character in Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man and reprised his role in Marvel’s more recent Spider-Man: No Way Home.

“If everything was right, sure. I mean, that’s a great role. I liked the fact that it’s a double role both times,” he said, referring to being able to play both Norman Osborn and his villainous alter-ego.

“Twenty years ago, and fairly recently, both times [were] very different experiences, but I had a good time on both,” he added.

Dafoe spoke about how he came to reprise his role for Spider-Man: No Way Home (despite his Green Goblin character having died in 2002’s Spider-Man) in an interview with Variety last year.

“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.”

But Dafoe said he had a good time after deciding to return, telling Variety, “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.”

“I’m not just talking about really good actors,” he explained. “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.”

He might not be the only Spider-Man actor that could return in a future iteration. Tobey Maguire, who has played Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and Bryce Dallas Howard, who played Gwen Stacy in 2007’s Spider-Man 3, have both said they would be willing to return to their roles.