Why Spider-Man’s Steamy Kiss Was Miserable For Kirsten Dunst & Tobey Maguire

Kirsten Dunst has revealed quite a bit of behind-the-scenes information about her time in the “Spider-Man” trilogy, and not all of it is particularly great. During a profile in Marie Claire conducted by interviewer Michelle Ruiz, the Oscar nominee said that sometimes crew members used a jokey nickname for her on set … and she actually hated 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.” According to Ruiz’s article, Dunst said all of this in a low voice and continued, “Like, don’t call me that,” eventually getting her thoughts more in order and saying that she felt too young and intimidated to speak up properly. “You didn’t say anything,” Dunst said of her unwanted “girly-girl” nickname. “You just took it.”

Dunst works primarily in arthouse fare these days — her first Oscar nomination came thanks to Jane Campion’s 2021 drama “The Power of the Dog” — but when Ruiz asked if she’d consider doing another superhero movie someday, she was quite blunt and said she would: “Yes, because you get paid a lot of money, and I have two children, and I support my mother.”