Peter Fonda Ghost Rider

: The film opens with a young Johnny Blaze making a desperate deal to save his father from terminal cancer. Fonda's Mephistopheles is the one who presents the contract, tricking Blaze into selling his soul.

: In Easy Rider , Fonda played "Wyatt," the quintessential American biker seeking freedom on the open road. In Ghost Rider , he plays the entity that enslaves a biker to a hellish curse. peter fonda ghost rider

: True to his demonic roots, Mephistopheles follows the letter of the law but violates its spirit—he cures the father's cancer only for the man to die the very next day in a motorcycle accident. : The film opens with a young Johnny

Unlike the more bombastic villains found in many superhero films, Fonda played Mephistopheles with a . In Ghost Rider , he plays the entity

While Ghost Rider received mixed critical reviews for its script and pacing, Fonda's presence remained a highlight.

: As the entity who tricks Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) into selling his soul to save his father, Fonda plays a duplicitous, patient predator.

The casting of Fonda was a stroke of meta-genius by director Mark Steven Johnson. In Easy Rider (1969), Fonda’s character throws away his watch and rides across America seeking freedom, ultimately becoming a martyr for the hippie dream. In Ghost Rider , Fonda appears as the ultimate antithesis of that freedom: the Devil himself, trapping souls in contracts.