J. K. Simmons reprises his role as J. Jonah Jameson, the miserly manager and editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle,[23] while Daniel Gillies portrays his son John Jameson, an astronaut and Mary Jane's fiancé.[2] As with the previous film, Bruce Campbell has a cameo appearance, this time as an usher in the doors of Mary Jane Watson's show.[24] Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee portrays a man on the street who saves a woman from falling debris during a battle between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus.[25] Dylan Baker portrays Curt Connors, one of Peter's college physics professors and a colleague of Octavius,[5] while Willem Dafoe reprises his role as Norman Osborn, Harry's deceased father who appears to him as a hallucination.