Peter Fonda Ghost Rider _top_ Jun 2026

: In Easy Rider , Fonda’s character, Wyatt, famously rode the "Captain America" chopper. His appearance in Ghost Rider —the only major Marvel property centered on motorcycle culture—is often viewed by critics as a poetic full circle.

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. peter fonda ghost rider