Kirsten Dunst hated nickname she was given on ‘Spider-Man’ set: ‘I never said anything’
nypost.comKirsten Dunst revealed that she regrets not standing up for herself more after she was called a “girly-girl” while starring in the original three “Spider-Man” films opposite Tobey Maguire.“It was a joke, but on ‘Spider-Man,’ they would call me ‘girly-girl’ sometimes on the walkie-talkie,” Dunst, 41, told Marie Claire while promoting her upcoming flick “Civil War.” “But I never said anything … Like, don’t call me that,” she said.
Prior to the rise of the #MeToo movement in 2017, Dunst explained that one of the unspoken rules in Hollywood was: “You didn’t say anything.
You just took it.” The New Jersey native appeared as Mary Jane Watson — Peter Parker’s (Maguire) love interest — in the 2002 Sam Raimi-helmed film.
She later returned as the Broadway-bound actress in “Spider-Man 2” (2004) and for a final appearance in “Spider-Man 3” (2007).According to Dunst, she never felt obligated to “capitalize off the ‘Spider-Man’ thing” and become a “movie-star-movie-star” … much unlike her “Spider-Man” character. “That’s great for some people.
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