Sam Raimi led production on 2002's Spider-Man, 2004's Spider-Man 2, and 2007's Spider-Man 3, with Marc Webb taking over for 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and its 2014 sequel. While DeHaan probably could have delivered a strong performance as the Green Goblin had he been the film's only villain, the oversaturation of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 meant he lost any impact and had big shoes to fill following Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin performance in 2002's Spider-Man. While he is certainly far from the most powerful Spider-Man villain seen in film, Marko is arguably the most effective villain in Spider-Man 3, particularly because of his previous connection to Peter Parker as the inadvertent killer of Uncle Ben in 2002's Spider-Man.