Kirsten Dunst Was Given a ‘Book of Famous Kisses to Be Inspired’ Before Shooting ‘Spider-Man’ Kiss, Says It Was ‘Miserable Doing It Actually’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire delivered one of the most iconic movie kisses of the 21st century in 2002’s “Spider-Man,” but it was “kind of miserable” to shoot.
Dunst is the latest guest on “The Jonathan Ross Show” (via The Independent) ahead of the release of her new movie “Civil War,” and she remembered how not ideal it was to kiss Maguire in the pouring rain while he was upside down as Spider-Man. “I remember [the film’s director] Sam Raimi giving me a book of famous kisses to be inspired but also he really wanted to make it special even though it was kind of miserable actually doing it,” Dunst recalled. “It was pouring with rain, freezing, Tobey couldn’t breathe so it was almost like I was resuscitating him,” she added.
Dunst starred as Mary Jane Watson opposite Maguire’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Raimi’s 2002 blockbuster, which led to two more hugely-profitable sequels: 2004’s “Spider-Man 2,” often considered one of the greatest superheroes movies ever made, and 2007’s “Spider-Man 3.” During a recent interview with Marie Claire, Dunst lamented over not speaking up for herself on set when people referred to her as a “girly-girl.” Dunst said “you didn’t say anything” on sets at that time, especially before the #MeToo movement, and “you just took it.” “It was a joke, but on ‘Spider-Man,’ they would call me ‘girly-girl’ sometimes on the walkie-talkie. ‘We need girly-girl.’ But I never said anything,” Dunst said.
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