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Not Easy Being Green

The action star may play a pumpkin throwing baddie

By William Keck | Aug 25, 2000
In 1978, Superman took on Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor. A decade later, Batman battled Jack Nicholson's Joker. Now Columbia is looking for a superstar to play the Green Goblin, one of two villains in the big-screen ''Spider-Man'' starring Tobey Maguire. (The other is Doctor Octopus.)

And who tops the studio's list to hurl explosive jack-o'-lanterns as the hobgoblin? None other than Nicolas Cage -- who once considered starring in a ''Superman'' remake. ''He'd be a great Green Goblin,'' says the film's coexec producer (and comic-book creator) Stan Lee. Cage's publicist says the actor has been talking to the filmmakers, but his schedule is tighter than Spidey's bodysuit.

Originally posted Aug 25, 2000
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