The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Chris Cooper IS Norman Osborn

[ThePowerCosmic]

Hell, Superman even has a cgi cape in MoS. ^^

 

[Repulsor Blast]

man, i just realised i'm gonna be so depressed if tasm2 isn't up there with the top-tier comic book films

 

[The Infernal]

i hate cgi overuse, but these days a cgi goblin mask could work i feel.

Dunno. I think Captain America did quite well with the Red Skull. If they use the same sort of layered/patchwork mask technique that allows the actor to act through the mask then I think it could be possible to do it physically and not resort to cgi.

 

[Repulsor Blast]

Dunno. I think Captain America did quite well with the Red Skull. If they use the same sort of layered/patchwork mask technique that allows the actor to act through the mask then I think it could be possible to do it physically and not resort to cgi.

true that.

 

[portland2002]

What I am hoping for is Norman Osborn sans Goblin persona throughout the majority of the film, with forehadowing of him becoming GG. I will be interested in seeing Chris Cooper's take on Norman. I wouldn't object to Green Goblin showing up at the end in a more faithfully-rendered version of the 616 costume (it can be armored/Kevlar cloth). I would like to see dark green and purple. No Hulk-Goblin from the Ultimate universe.

 

[Creator]

Few directors know how to use CGI well, most comic book directors are outright horrible with it.

 

[Creator]

Here's how you're wrong though.

Raimi REALLY wanted to use the version in that video. However, Willem Dafoe was felt too uncomfortable in it and refused to let a stunt man play goblin in suit.


So in order to please Dafoe, they changed it to what we got. Had it not been for him, we would've gotten that mask, more or less as well as a more ghastly, goblinesque armor.

Here's how I'm right, they didn't go with the idea that would have made for a much better looking Green Goblin on screen.

And Willem Dofoe gets paid for acting, he's not there to be pleased. If he's complaining or demanding, hire someone else. The director and producers makes the needed decisions, especially about how the main villain is going look and feel on screen.

 

[Gianakin_]

New to the TASM2 hype, just my 2 cents: Cooper looks nothing like Norman from the comics (mainly because of that unnamable thing that's going on with comics-Norman's hair), but the casting itself is great. As long as they don't write Norman as some generic corporate type, he'll more than do justice to the part.

 

[StarLord]

Here's another one (I had not seen this one before and it shows how it works. The faces he pulls nearer the end are wicked):

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I am very impressed with what they've done there but I just don't like it for some reason.

 

[Webhead38]

Cooper is a great character actor. He will do a good job as Norman Osborn. It remains to be seen what conceptually they do to the Goblin.

 

[Juicy J]

I really have a tough time visually seeing him as Osborn, but I'm just going to wait and see how he does before I make a call on it. All I've seen him in is the Muppets and I don't think that's really a good reference point.
But seeing as how this franchise is particularly good at casting (I'd still list Garfield as one of the top five best casting choices in CBM history), I'll remain cautiously optimistic.

 

[UltimateWebhead]

I really have a tough time visually seeing him as Osborn, but I'm just going to wait and see how he does before I make a call on it. All I've seen him in is the Muppets and I don't think that's really a good reference point.
But seeing as how this franchise is particularly good at casting (I'd still list Garfield as one of the top five best casting choices in CBM history), I'll remain cautiously optimistic.

Off the top of my head, you should check out Cooper in Seabiscuit, The Bourne Identity, American Beauty, and I believe he was in Capote as well.

 

[SM71]

I have 100% complete faith in Webb, the casting department and Chris Cooper, but I guess why I'm a little taken aback/concerned with this casting is because I pictured this incarnation and universe that Webb's created to span more than 3 films (even tho this was announced from the start as a trilogy). And if he continues to keep villains alive, which I hope he does, I don't see how Cooper could continue as Norman for the next possibly 5-10 yrs. Unless the plan may be to kill Norman off by the end of 3, which it very well may be, and which is also kinda disappointing to me

 

[wobbly]

If they kill Gwen like the comics, Goblin has to got to go shortly after.

His return in the books is something that has always irritated me tbh (I would stress this is a personal pov). Though he is a great villain, he paid the ultimate price for his huge 'victory' over Peter, and Gwen's death was at least avenged for the 20 plus years it took for them to decide on bringing him back.

With him back in the game though she remains unavenged with every breath he takes.

 

[The Infernal]

If they kill Gwen like the comics, Goblin has to got to go shortly after.

His return in the books is something that has always irritated me tbh (I would stress this is a personal pov). Though he is a great villain, he paid the ultimate price for his huge 'victory' over Peter, and Gwen's death was at least avenged for the 20 plus years it took for them to decide on bringing him back.

With him back in the game though she remains unavenged with every breath he takes.

Personally I'd love to see Goblin 'die' and then come back. I was disappointed that Raimi never really brought back Goblin/Osborn aside from Harry's delusions. Plus we've already seen Goblin die out permanently in one trilogy, I wouldn't mind if they did something different this time round.

Same goes for Harry in my opinion. I don't want to see him die in an anticlimactic way just because he died in the comics (which has since been rectonned).

 

[Drummerdude7]

Kinda odd how much the holo-Norman from the first film resembles Cooper. Makes me wonder if they already had him in mind for the second film.

 

[terry78]

They wanted an actor that could capture that look, and it was apparent he wasn't going to be that young.

 

[Gianakin_]

Looks like a cross between Brandon Routh and Campbell Scott to me.

 

[AnneFan]

I dug how they did the little world building things in TASM. Having Oscorp Tower, the Norman hologram, Peter's photo credit, webbing the camera up before the lizard fight, the Daily Bugle masthead and Peter's bedroom posters.

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Kinda odd how much the holo-Norman from the first film resembles Cooper. Makes me wonder if they already had him in mind for the second film.

I know right? I think he was originally up for Connors too ( a lot of Lizard concept art is clearly based on Cooper)

 

[SpideyFan866]

Kinda odd how much the holo-Norman from the first film resembles Cooper. Makes me wonder if they already had him in mind for the second film.

They did. They actually used Cooper's face for some of the Lizard concepts.

Perhaps they were considering him for Connors as well as Norman.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

I think it was just a generic cg face that was meant to look like anyone who they'd end up castin in the role

 

[Web face]

Kinda odd how much the holo-Norman from the first film resembles Cooper. Makes me wonder if they already had him in mind for the second film.

Am I the only one who thinks this kinda looks like Wesker from Resident Evil?

 

[Ant-manic]

i'm disappointed in the holo images lack of Osborn hair.

 

[terry78]

They were never gonna do that in live action. I don't even know how his and Harry's hair do that in cartoons and books. Pomade?