Willem Dafoe refused to open up during an interview with IndieWire in May about his experience working on “Aquaman” (IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote that Dafoe’s eyes “curled into slits and darkened” when asked about the superhero film), but he got a bit more honest on the topic at a recent 92Y interview while promoting “The Lighthouse.” Dafoe became an especially recognizable face in Hollywood after starring as Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man,” but the actor says making that film was more similar to indies than what has become the norm of giant comic book productions.“‘Spider-Man’ was great fun because Sam Raimi made that like it was a little independent film,” Dafoe said.
“And also that was before a lot of the technology was in place, and comic book movies were fairly new, so it was exciting.
There was nothing by the numbers, they didn’t roll in the experts.
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