Theory: Dane DeHann's Green Goblin was included off-screen in NWH but he needed time ...
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A Reddit theory argues Dane DeHaan's Green Goblin was silently present in No Way Home, sidelined by the same brutal disease that ravaged him in TASM2.
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Theory Briefing
- Dane DeHaan's Goblin was left physically destroyed by his disease at the end of TASM2, giving a plausible in-universe reason for his absence on screen in NWH.
- The theory proposes his off-screen healing arc quietly reconciles why he didn't appear alongside the other returning villains.
- It relies on the multiverse premise of NWH — that each villain arrived at a pivotal moment — to slot DeHaan's Goblin into the unseen margins of the story.