Character Norman Osborne

Norman Osborne is a fictional character in the comic and cinematic universe of Marvel Comics.

short biography

In college, Norman Osborn studied chemical and electrical engineering disciplines.

Sworn as a child that he would do more than his father, whom he despised because he drank and abused their mother, Norman studied hard and eventually founded his own company called Oskorp.

Once Norman Osborne came across a formula that allowed to significantly improve a person's physical parameters, primarily his strength. Working on this serum, he makes a mistake, as a result of which an explosion occurs in the laboratory. The substance acted on Norman himself, he became stronger physically, and his mental abilities grew at times. However, the side effect of the serum was the insanity of Osborne, because of which he eventually becomes the supervillain of the universe, known as the Green Goblin.

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Under his new alter-ego Norman Osbourne begins his criminal activities, wishing to become the leader of the New York mafia. The main trump, thanks to which he will have to strengthen his position in the criminal world of the city, he considers the murder of Spider-Man, one of the key antagonists of which he becomes.

To begin with Osborn needed to find out who is hiding under the mask of Spider-Man, for this he develops a special gas that blocks the flair of a spider.

After following him, he learns that Peter Parker, his son's classmate Harry, is the famous superhero.

All attempts to overcome the Spider-Man by abducting his loved ones ended in the loss of the memory of the Green Goblin, who kept coming back to him. However, he did not manage to emerge victorious in the confrontation with Peter Parker.

The first appearance of the character in the comics occurred in 1964, when he appeared in the public image of the Goblin, but in the person of Osborne, he first appeared two years later in 1966.

Norman Osborne. Actor

Such a colorful and interesting supervillain, like Osborne, of course, could not have been incarnated in the cinema. He became the main antagonist in the 2002 film Spider-Man.

The role of the villain in this film was played by the talented actor William Defoe, who did his best job. The actor himself is not the first time playing a negative character in the movie. This role is generally one of the main for the actor, on account of which a large number of negative roles.

Surprisingly, initially the actor was not considered for this role at all. However, he really wanted to play the Goblin in the film Marvel, so William began to actively seek his approval for this role.

He sent his application to the creators of the picture, confirming that it is great for this role, with video footage taken in the hotel room, where William Defoe read several Osborn monologues.

After he was approved for this role, the actor demanded that he perform all the tricks in the film on his own without the participation of doubles. In the final version of the blockbuster, about 95% of the tricks performed by the Green Goblins were performed directly by William himself.

Such dedication and dedication to their work produced good results. Now every person interested in superhero kinomics, the image of the Green Goblin is associated primarily with Defoe.

Conclusion

Norman Osborne is one of the key villains of the Marvel universe, both in comics, and in animation and cinema.

First of all, he appears as an opponent of Spider-Man, he constantly fights with him, but does not come out victorious.

This character is already a classic villain of the universe, regularly appearing since the 60's. It is easy to understand that this super villain had a considerable influence on the development of the comic book industry. Already several generations of boys around the planet have grown up on comics, cartoons and films about Spider-Man, where the Goblin appears every now and then.

Of course, most people refer to Norman Osborn's character as negative, because it is exactly such feelings that he should cause. But, as it turns out, any charismatic villain always has his own fan group. In Norman Osborn it is quite impressive, so it is put on a par with such legendary villains of various comic books like Joker, Magneto, Baine and others.