John Malkovich when when he realized that the Green Goblin wasn't a character in an art house film based on an obscure 18th century text....¿

John Malkovich made it official: he'snot going to be playing the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi'sSpider-Man.

Empire Online caught up with the actor at a screening of the filmShadow of the Vampire at the London Film Festival and asked him point blank about the movie.¿ "I won't be doingSpider-Man," Malkovich told the website. "It's not really my genre particularly, and there were scheduling difficulties and what they offered wasn't in any way an inducement for me to do it."

Recent rumors have had Malkovich considering a role in the sequel to last year's surprise hitThe Talented Mr. Ripley.¿ Could this have caused some of the scheduling difficulties?¿ "I've had a meeting with Liliana Cavani and it's a possibility," Malkovich admitted.¿ But that wasn't the only reason Malkovich had for passing on the green and purple tights.

"It was everything; way too much time, not enough money, not enough of anything. I mean, if I'd have loved it obviously I would have done it," the actor went on to say.¿ "But those sort of films aren't art films, they're business propositions."

¿KJB