Explanation on Why Green Goblin's Mask Was Scrapped in SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Spider-Man: No Way Home was such a great and fun movie, and it was so awesome seeing Willem Dafoe’s version of Green Goblin back in action. He was so good and so damn sinister in that movie! It was an interesting choice to destroy the villain's iconic mask early on in the story, but there was a reason for that.
Concept artist Ryan Meinerding has shared some insight on the production design of the film in the book Spider-Man: No Way Home – The Art of the Movie. It’s here that the artist discussed how Dafoe’s Green Goblin costume from Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man was brought back for the movie and explains that the mask being destroyed was to let Dafoe’s performance shine. He said:
“As much as I like that helmet, Willem’s face is so expressive, and he can change from Norman into the Goblin so seamlessly and eerily. One of the best decisions made in the film was to make being the Goblin about his face more than anything else.”
That makes complete sense! Seeing Dafoe go from Norman Osborn to Green Goblin was incredible! He’s so damn talented and I loved how he played this character in No Way Home, he was so kind but also pure sinister evil! When talking about recreating Green Goblin’s costume, Meinerding went on to say:
“It’s one of the more fun things about the way that we try to approach costume design for these characters. We’re looking at what tools we have at our disposal, the colors we have on our palette, and how we make them work together and put them in a story order that makes sense but also ends in a place that feels like the character from the comics. And I think they did an amazing job to accomplish that.”
The original Green Goblin costume from 2002’s Spider-Man was a 580-piece suit that Dafoe wore and as you might imagine, it was uncomfortable for him. In No Way Home, the costume was a mix of the original costume with a throwback purple hoodie reminiscent of the version of the character in the comics.
Via: ComicBookMovie.com