Spider-Man has been a major pop culture figure for most of his existence, but things kicked up a few notches in 2002 with the release of the first Spider-Man movie. Tobey Maguire was selected to play Peter Parker in the character’s cinematic debut, and his origin story saw him battling Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn, a.k.a. The Green Goblin. It’s been more than two decades since Spider-Man’s release, and now there’s a fact that’s emerged concerning those two actors which will ruin your day.
Spider-Man filmed from January to June of 2001; Maguire turned 26 on June 26 of that year, around the time principal photography concluded, while Dafoe turned 46 on the following July 22. Cut to present day, the former just turned 48 years old, and the latter is a month away from turning 68. Now obviously the passage of time by itself isn’t anything to write home about, but it’s been pointed out how w that Maguire is now two years older than Dafoe was when they were working on Spider-Man together.
