Dane DeHaan explains Harry Osborn's character arc in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
Dane DeHaan portrays Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and, if the posters for the movie are any indication, he will also play the Green Goblin in the film. Much is still unknown about Peter Parker's best friend in the film, but DeHaan opened the lid a bit in a recent interview.
DeHaan told Digital Spy that Harry is torn between his friendship with Peter and his duties at Oscorp throughout the film:
"When you first meet Harry he's just graduated from high school, and he has to come back to New York to help deal with Oscorp, and its legacy, and his father [Norman Osborn, played by Chris Cooper]. He also sees Peter Parker for the first time in a long time; they were childhood friends. So it's really about Harry having a friendship with Peter and an allegiance to Peter, but also being the heir apparent to Oscorp, and having to deal with that.
"It's becoming very obvious that all of these villains are originating from within Oscorp, in one way or the other. There are things that Harry feels he owes Peter, and things he needs from Peter. There are things he feels he needs from Spider-Man, and then there's his responsibility to Oscorp. It's a very complicated storyline, really cool and dynamic."
The site also pointed out that Peter was more or less a loner in the first film and that the friendship is a new component of the franchise, and DeHaan responded with the following:
"Yeah, and it's a friendship that...I mean, they haven't been friends for such a long time, but they definitely both feel like they used to be best friends, and ideally they would love to rekindle that friendship."
As stated earlier, signs point to Harry as the Green Goblin in the film as Norman is seemingly on his deathbed. It's unclear exactly how or why Harry would decide to turn into the villain, but we'll find out when the film hits theaters in the United States on May 2, 2014.
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