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‘Civil War’ Star Kirsten Dunst On Her Turn As A War Correspondent: “It Was Terrifying To Be A Part Of ”

‘Civil War’ star Kirsten Dunst on her turn as a war correspondent in Alex Garland's film: 'Just hearing that much gunfire is unsettling.'

Last spring, when Alex Garland ’s Civil War premiered, the evocative images of a country irreparably divided felt like a cautionary, if still somewhat distant, tale. When Deadline spoke to Kirsten Dunst, who plays war photographer Lee Smith, two weeks before the 2024 election, the film appeared to have acquired an additional layer of horror. I have a line in the movie that’s like, “I sent these warnings home, all the time, and nobody listened.” So, I think that there’s a drive and a mission and a depression, and when you hold all that inside for so long, it’s going to come out in some ways.

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