 Willem Dafoe (qv) was never an intended choice to play the Green  Goblin. After the script fell into his possession, he began lobbying  for the role and met with Sam Raimi (qv). Sometime later, while  filming a movie in Spain, Dafoe was approached and shot some test  footage inside the hotel room he was staying. It led to his being  cast. Once he received the role, Dafoe asked that he be allowed to  perform his own stunts so that the character and movements would  feel authentic, or else the audience would notice the difference. He  performed about 95% of his own stunts, and unlike many of the stunt  crew, learned how to handle the Goblin Glider after just 15 minutes.  Having such a great time during filming, he offered to return for  the sequel and asked if they could write him in somewhere. Sam Raimi  took him up on the offer and both of them set aside a specific day  of filming on Spider