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Billy Bob Thornton Rejected ‘Mission: Impossible’ Villain Because ‘I Didn’t Want to Be the Guy Trying to Kill Tom Cruise’; Said No to Green Goblin in ‘Spider-Man’
Billy Bob Thornton turned down the villain role in "Mission: Impossible 3" because "I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise."
During an interview on The Playlist’s “Bingeworthy” podcast, the actor remembered turning down two big Hollywood villain roles: Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s “ Spider-Man ” and the arms dealer Owen Davian in “Mission: Impossible III.” Willem Dafoe famously took on the role of Green Goblin, while Philip Seymour Hoffman was cast to go head to head with Cruise in “Mission: Impossible 3.” Both movies were box office successes, with Dafoe’s turn as the Spider-Man villain being considered one of the most iconic turns in a comic book movie. Dafoe reprised the character in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and has expressed interest in playing Green Goblin a third time.
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