Kirsten Dunst’s ‘Spider-Man’ Kiss With Tobey Maguire Wasn’t As Romantic As It Looked
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Kirsten Dunst - who currently stars in critically acclaimed movie Power of the Dog, in which she plays a lonely widow in 1920s Montana, alongside longtime partner Jesse Plemons - was nominated for a ‘Best Performance’ accolade at this year’s Golden Globes.
Since then, the 39-year-old has been announced as nominee for a Screen Actors Guild awards, too.
But prior to her recent successes, Dunst starred as Spider-Man’s love interest Mary Jane Watson in the Marvel franchise. And arguably, the biggest on-screen moment of her career before this year - if we’re talking things that had Twitter all aflutter - was her upside down kiss, in the pouring rain, with the Tobey Maguire, who played the film’s protagonist.
The Marie Antoinette actor has now revealed, to many people’s devastation, that her IRL experience of that kiss was a lot less romantic than the movie made it look.
She told W magazine: ‘It looked like a great kiss.’
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But continued to reveal the not hugely comfortable on-set conditions: ‘I did not feel like it was a famous kiss because Tobey was… Water was getting up his nose because of the rain, and then he couldn’t breathe in the Spider-Man suit, and then… And it just felt very late at night. I didn’t think about it that way.’
Letting on that director Sam Raimi gave her a book to read about famous kisses, to help give her inspiration ahead of the moment, she said: ‘So that made me realise how romantic and special Sam wanted this to be. Even though it wasn’t necessarily feeling that way with Tobey hanging upside down.’
Conceding that her on-screen kiss with Maguire, who she briefly dated in 2001 while the pair filmed the first Spider-Man movie, was now a celebrated big screen event, she added: ‘Well, I’m proud to be a part of that.’
The mother-of-two also spoke about her early decision to take on the role of Watson in the Spider-Man Franchise.
‘I just knew that Sam [the director] was going to do something special… He set the tone for hiring really interesting actors for these Marvel movies,’ she said.
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Last month, Dunst opened up about her partner Plemons, who as well as starring with her in Power of the Dog, was also cast in crime TV series Fargo with her, which is when the pair met and began their romance.
‘He’s my favourite actor—the best I’ve ever worked with,’ she told E News.
And in 2019, she told : ‘I just knew he would be in my life forever. I didn’t know what capacity that would be at the time. When [Fargo] was over, I just missed him terribly. We didn’t get together until a year later. We were both smart enough that we were wondering if the connection was just because we were working together. But it was real.’
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Dunst, a mum to two boys, Ennis, three, and James, eight months, who she shares with Plemons, also spoke about how she handles working life with motherhood when speaking to US Weekly in the same year.
‘It’s so much easier to go back to work than it is to be a stay-at-home mum,’ she said.
At the time, she was was yet to have her youngest child.
However, she did admit how having a child impacted her physically, like most mums, saying: ‘God, you’re just tired all the time.’
Prior to having children, in 2017 Dunst told Marie Claire UK: ‘I’m at a stage in my life where I’m like, ‘I’ve been working since I was 3. It’s time to have babies and chill.’
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Kirsten Dunst on performing in ‘The Power of the Dog’
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Kirsten Dunst plays a mom in distress in the new Netflix film “The Power of the Dog,” which was written and directed by Jane Campion.
On “The LA Times Envelope Roundtable” on Spectrum News 1, Dunst opens up to host Amy Kaufman about acting alongside her husband, actor Jesse Plemons, who plays her husband in the film.
“I love working with Jesse. He’s my favorite to work with,” said Dunst. “We fell in love creatively first. And so we plan to do something together, maybe every, I don’t know, like five years or something.”
The roundtable also features actors Penélope Cruz, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, Kristen Stewart and Tessa Thompson. Click the arrow above to see Dunst discuss the film.
Kirsten Dunst, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dakota Johnson & More Talk Nudity, Acting Drunk & Meeting Brad Pitt In ‘W Magazine’
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2021 brought some incredible acting to the screen.
On Wednesday, W Magazine shared the second roster in their new Best Performances Portfolio, featuring actors Dakota Johnson, Kirsten Dunst, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Anthony Ramos, Alana Haim, Saniyya Sidney & Filippo Scotti.
READ MORE: Maggie Gyllenhaal And Dakota Johnson Sit Down For A ‘Trippy Therapy Exercise’ In IMDb Interview
Talking about shooting “The Lost Daughter” during the pandemic, Johnson says, “We did hardcore quarantine. But we were in Greece, which was not hardcore at all. Everyone in the film was in a bubble, on an island, and luckily, we all loved each other. We had all sorts of parties: dance parties, hide-and-go-seek parties, lots of games.”
For much of the film, Johnson is in little more than a bikini, nearly nude, which wasn’t always easy for her.
“It is difficult. Some days, I don’t want to take off my clothes on set,” she explains. “Just because I look a certain way doesn’t mean I don’t have feelings. And my character Nina is almost bored by her appearance. She has reached a point in her life where her hotness doesn’t match who she is anymore.”
Johnson also reveals how young she was when she caught the acting bug, following in her parents Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith’s footsteps.
“Zero old. Nothing old. I couldn’t wait,” she says. “I grew up on sets. My parents were always working with these amazing artists and I just loved it. I wanted to be a part of it.”
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Dunst, meanwhile, shares what it was like having to act drunk in Jane Campion’s Oscar frontrunner “The Power of the Dog”.
“There are a lot of different phases in her drinking,” she says of her character’s descent into alcoholism. “At first, it’s courage, and then it gets very bad. People who are drunk try not to talk drunk. For scenes where I had to be really stumbly, I’d spin a bunch in circles and close my eyes so I would be off-balance. That makes you feel out of control, which is perfect for playing drunk.”
The actress also talks about getting to meet Canadian music icon Joni Mitchell.
“I’ve seen her twice. I was like, ‘Haha, hi, umm. I can’t really speak,’” she recalls. “I love Joni Mitchell. When I was younger, I thought, If I ever get a tattoo, I’m going to shave my head and have ‘BOTH SIDES NOW’ tattooed on my head. And then when my hair grew back, no one would know it was there. But I never did it.”
READ MORE: Jake Gyllenhaal Really Wants To ‘Be A Good Husband And A Father’
Jake Gyllenhaal – Photo: Tim Walker for W Magazine
Gyllenhaal, whose sister Maggie wrote and directed “The Lost Daughter”, delivered his own stellar performance last year in “The Guilty”.
Sharing his favourite films growing up, Gyllenhaal says, “Initially, I was forced to watch ‘Gigi’, and so it slowly became my favourite film. But then it was ‘Point Break’. Doesn’t that sort of encapsulate me?”
He also talks about what it was like for him as a young actor, earlier in his career, when he got to meet Brad Pitt.
“I was definitely starstruck when I first met Brad Pitt, on the set of ‘The Good Girl’. I was working with Jennifer Aniston, who was his wife at the time, and there were a lot of racy scenes,” Gyllenhaal says. “I remember putting my hand out to shake his, and accidentally hitting the door. He said, so confidently and kindly, ‘Well, you have another one. It’s all right.’ It was a really lovely exchange, but I was definitely starstruck.”
The issue of W Magazine hits shelves February 8.
Andrew Garfield, Kirsten Dunst and Benedict Cumberbatch react on their SAG Awards noms
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Andrew Garfield, Kirsten Dunst and Benedict Cumberbatch are celebrating on receiving nominations for the 28th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.
The nominations, which were announced on Wednesday, saw Garfield receiving a best actor nomination for his performance as late playwright Jonathan Larson in Lin Manuel Miranda’s directorial ‘‘Tick Tick…Boom!’’.
In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, the actor said the nomination is special for him because he personally connected with Larson’s story.
‘‘Anyone with a SAG card feels and knows the story of Jonathan Larson in ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ because it is their story. It’s the story of an artist longing to express themself, an artist longing to sing as much of their song as possible while they are here alive and breathing. ‘‘It’s a story about longing to bring our gifts to the world; about following the thread of our destiny in the face of failure and rejection. I’m grateful to the SAG voters for this encouragement to continue to follow my own thread of life,’’ Garfield, 38, said.
Dunst received a nomination for best supporting actress category for Jane Campion’s Western feature ‘‘The Power of the Dog’’.
Her co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee also bagged nominations in the best actor and best supporting actor categories, respectively.
‘‘What great news to wake up to! It has been a long time dream of mine to be in a Jane Campion movie,’’ Dunst said.
‘‘The fact that I got to play Rose in ‘The Power of The Dog’ along with a great ensemble of actors and the genius that is Jane Campion has far exceeded any dream I could have. I am so proud of Kodi and Benedict and extremely grateful to my fellow actors who have acknowledged our performances,’’ she added.
Dunst will go up against Ariana Debose (‘‘West Side Story’’), Caitríona Balfe (‘‘Belfast”), Cate Blanchett (‘‘Nightmare Alley”) and Ruth Negga (‘‘Passing”) in the best supporting actress category.
Smit-McPhee, who is pitted against Ben Affleck (‘‘The Tender Bar”), Bradley Cooper (“Licorice Pizza”), Troy Kotsur (“Coda”) and Jared Leto (“House Of Gucci”), said it was ‘‘absolutely surreal’’ for him to receive the nomination.
‘‘There’s no greater feeling than being recognised by your peers alongside such extraordinary talent. It is profoundly humbling and I’m incredibly proud to be a member of SAG-AFTRA,’’ he added.
Cumberbatch said he was ‘’truly humbled and honoured’’ to be nominated in the best actor category.
The ‘‘Doctor Strange’’ actor added that ‘‘preparing and making’’ the film, which is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by Thomas Savage, was one of the best experiences of his career.
‘‘Not least because of the amazing community of people in front of and behind the camera who made it all possible, especially our fearless and inspirational leader, Jane Campion. ‘‘So I am so thrilled that Kodi and Kirsten have been recognised for their exceptional work, and that I stand not alone, but with them and Jesse and all of the actors, as well as the crew who supported me and inspired me to be Phil Burbank each and every day,’’ Cumberbatch said.
The SAG Awards nominations threw up some major surprises as Kristen Stewart got snubbed for her performance in Pabla Larrain’s ‘‘Spencer’’.
Bradley Cooper receiving a best supporting actor nod for Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘‘Licorice Pizza’’ was another major surprise. The 2022 ceremony of Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held on February 28.
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Kirsten Dunst, who has starred in such films as “Interview with the Vampire,” “Melancholia” and “Spider-Man,” is getting Oscar buzz for her poignant acting in Jane Campion’s period drama, “The Power of the Dog.” She talks with correspondent Luke Burbank about seeking treatment for depression; starring opposite her real-life partner Jesse Plemons; and a trick she learned for how to play drunk.
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