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Kirsten Dunst On That Memorable Spider-Man Upside-Down Kiss: “It Was Almost Like I Was Resuscitating Him”


One of film's most famous kisses was no fun, Kirsten Dunst recalls.

SPIDER-MAN, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, 2002, (c) Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection In Sam Raimi ’s Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire performed one of filmdom’s most memorable kisses. While Maguire’s Spider-Man is hanging upside down, Mary Jane removes his mask halfway to give him a “thank you” kiss in the pouring rain. “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.

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