Kirsten Dunst Says Filming Her Iconic Spider-Man Kiss With Toby Maguire Was 'Miserable'

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Spider-Man (2002), but Kirsten Dunst says the reality was far less passionate.Even though Dunst costar while shooting the superhero movie, she said filming their most iconic scene was “kind of miserable” during a recent appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show. “It was pouring with rain, freezing, Tobey couldn’t breathe so it was almost like I was resuscitating him," the explained, per .Dunst's statement echoes Maguire's own recollection of events.

In an old interview, the actor said he was “practically suffocating” during Spider-Man's kiss with Mary Jane Watson. “There was rain pouring down my nose…and then Kirsten pulls the mask up to [my nose] and it’s blocking the air passage there, so I couldn’t breathe,” he said, per . “And then she’s kissing me, blocking the air passage there, so there’s nowhere else to breathe.”He continued, “It was really tough, actually.

It was really challenging. They’d yell cut, and I would be [gasping for air], totally out of breath. It was torture. It makes you realize how important oxygen is.”I cannot with this.

By In the new interview, Kirsten Dunst explained that director Sam Raimi “really wanted to make [the kiss] special” and had given her a “book of famous kisses” to serve as inspiration.