“Spider-Man” directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst was released on April 29, 2002. Polish viewers could see the production about the spider superhero only on June 21 of the same year. The film cost $139 million but grossed $820 million. It received not only positive reviews from critics, but also a number of nominations and awards. One of them was the title of “best kiss”, which he won at the MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards.
“Spider-Man”. Kirsten Dunst reflects on the making of the film in her latest interview
The kissing scene between Mary Jane Watson, played by Kirsten Dunst, went down in cinema history. The couple kissing in the pouring rain also inspired Now, 22 years after the premiere, she recalled the production in “The Jonathan Ross Show”. She admitted that filming this memorable scene was a real ordeal. Although millions of viewers were delighted, the same cannot be said about the actors themselves.
The actress, who is currently promoting her latest film, “Civil War”, admitted that the director of “Spider-Man” paid a lot of attention to this scene from the very beginning. Sam Raimi gave her a collection of the most famous kisses “as inspiration.” – He really wanted to do something special, even though actually doing it was a bit pathetic – .
The kiss from “Spider-Man” went down in history. “It was torture”
Shooting the kissing scene was not easy not only because of the unusual position of the actors. – It was raining, it was cold, Tobey couldn’t breathe, so I felt like I was giving him artificial respiration – she said. Tobey Maguire also shares Dunst’s memories. A few years ago he admitted that he was “practically choking” during filming. – The rain was pouring into my nose… And then Kirsten took off my mask, which blocked my air flow, so I couldn’t breathe – he recalled in the interview he quoted. When the actress started kissing him, Maguire almost choked. “It was torture,” he admitted.
Source: Gazeta
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