The announcement was met with massive enthusiasm online, with many people expressing disbelief Dafoe had never hosted before. It’s not his first “SNL” experience, however, as he did star in the 2000 short film “The Procedure,” written and directed by Adam McKay, about a man who has his favorite song implanted in his brain.
And then there’s the performance he can finally talk about: Dafoe reprised his role as Norman Osborn, a.k.a. Green Goblin, in “Spider-Man No Way Home,” a character he hasn’t played since a cameo appearance in 2007’s “Spider-Man 3.” Such was not the case with “Spider-Man,” says Dafoe. “I can say, and maybe drank the Kool-Aid, but these are people that really are believing in what they’re doing and giving themselves to it in a very full way. I’m not just talking about really good actors. I’m talking about the effects people, the camera department – they’re all very top level. And then when you have the resources and possibility of making a popular film, that’s all pretty attractive.