"When Spider-Man was proposed to me originally it was like, ‘Really, you’re going to make a movie from a comic book?’” Dafo said. “It was like I was slumming it, you know? I didn’t see it that way, but some people were like, ‘Really?’"
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Willem Dafoe, "Watch: Hugh Jackman and Willem Dafoe Talk the Evolution and Endurance of Superhero Cinema" by Haleigh Foutch, Collider, (November 29, 2017).
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Spider-Man (2002 film)
Spider-Man is a 2002 film based on the eponymous Marvel comic starring Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe. It tells the story of Peter Parker's first year as Spider Man. This movie was released in theaters on May 3, 2002 in United States.
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