Dafoe: new Spiderman films are 'cynical' way of making cash

Willem Dafoe has branded 'The Amazing Spider-Man' "cynical".

The actor played Norman Osborn, aka the Green Goblin, in Sony's original 'Spider-Man' trilogy directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, and while he hasn't seen the 2012 reboot with Andrew Garfield in the lead role, he believes it's far too similar to the earlier franchise.