Cinemaâs great maximalist going full pumpkin-bomb pantomime in the 2002 film might have dragged it into an even more operatically deranged dimension There are numerous sliding doors moments in Hollywood that, had they actually happened, would have fractured the space-time continuum like a DeLorean hitting potholes at 88mph. Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones, Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, Sean Connery as Gandalf, Bill Murray as a distinctly sardonic Batman. And yet, if there has ever been a more deliciously unhinged alternate timeline than Nicolas Cage as the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in Sam Raimiâs Spider-Man from 2002, it has probably already been confiscated by the time police for crimes against narrative stability. This is not the first time weâve heard about Cageâs potential involvement in the film - Entertainment Weeklyâs feature from 24 years ago noted that Cage, John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe (who eventually got the role) were all âup for the Green Goblinâ. But it appears to be the first time Cage himself has spoken about it in any detail. While promoting the new series Spider-Noir, Cage told Variety: âSam and I had a great lunch, and I did say during the lunch, â
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