Kirsten Dunst Really Wishes Sony Would Have Gone Ahead With SPIDER-MAN 4; Weighs In On The Reboots

Kirsten Dunst Really Wishes Sony Would Have Gone Ahead With SPIDER-MAN 4; Weighs In On The Reboots

Earlier this month, in a lengthy profile with Variety, 2x Golden Globe-nominee Kirsten Dunst spent a few moments reminiscing about her role in Sam Raimi's critically acclaimed Spider-Man trilogy.

By RohanPatel - May 28, 2017 07:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: Variety
In all my years, there is no movie I've ever wanted to see get made more than Spider-Man 4, which would've been the fourth installment in Sam Raimi's beloved Spider-Man trilogy, and it appears as though one of the film's stars feels the same way.

While speaking with Variety earlier this month, 2x Golden Globe-nominated star Kirsten Dunst, for the first time in a long while, reminisced about her career-defining role as Mary Jane Watson in the critically acclaimed film series before expressing her regret at not being able to make another entry after 2007. "I wanted to be in that movie so badly. I loved it, and I wish we could have made a fourth.” 

Sadly, it was never meant to be as after the potential film began development in 2008, it ran into a myriad of issues, primarily with an inability to crack the script, and was ultimately scrapped by the studio in January 2010 in favor of a new rebooted series about a younger Peter Parker. At the time, Raimi revealed the sound reasoning behind the unfortunate breakup, admitting his exhaustion after making three blockbuster entries. "It really was the most amicable and undramatic of breakups: It was simply that we had a deadline and I couldn't get the story to work on a level that I wanted it to work. I was very unhappy with Spider-Man 3, and I wanted to make Spider-Man 4 to end on a very high note, the best Spider-Man of them all. But I couldn't get the script together in time, due to my own failings, and I said to Sony, "I don't want to make a movie that is less than great, so I think we shouldn't make this picture. Go ahead with your reboot, which you've been planning anyway. And [Sony co-chairman] Amy Pascal said, "Thank you. Thank you for not wasting the studio's money, and I appreciate your candor." So we left on the best of terms, both of us trying to do the best thing for fans, the good name of Spider-Man, and Sony Studios.""

As for Dunst, her feelings on the new reboots are fairly cut and dried. "I don’t care,” she told the trade while also admitting she hadn't seen the most recent one. “Everyone likes our ‘Spider-Man.’ C’mon, am I right or what? Listen, I’d rather be in the first ones than the new ones.

So, what do you guys think? How badly did you want to see Spider-Man 4? Or are The Amazing and Homecoming reboots more your speed? Sound off with your thoughts below!

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DarthMoose
DarthMoose - 5/28/2017, 7:03 AM
Raimi Spider-Man > everything else
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/28/2017, 8:43 AM
@RickGrimes - Spiderman 3 was worse than the Amazing Spiderman 2.

IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/28/2017, 8:47 AM
@RickGrimes -
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/28/2017, 8:48 AM
@SonOfAGif -
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 5/28/2017, 9:08 AM
@SonOfAGif - I disagree. Spider-man 3 was more disappointing since there was a higher standard when it came out, but for me ASM 2 felt like more of a mess from start to finish. Max Dillon was horrible and felt very out of place, like someone plucked a villain out of a Schumacher Batman film. Electro's "It's my birthday. Now it's time for me to light my candles" line is cornier than anything in Spider-man 3. The Death of Gwen Stacy was ripe to be adapted for the Spider-man equivalent of The Dark Knight, so to make such a horrible movie was a terrible waste of potential. Peter and Gwen's wishy washy on again off again relationship was more annoying than compelling. Then there's the whole backstory with his parents that isn't even woven organically into the plot and Peter's arc.
word1one
word1one - 5/28/2017, 9:34 AM
@RickGrimes - Dunst was the same one who said that she didn't want to be known forever as Mary Jane and wanted to explore new roles. Everyone else said they would only come back if everyone else did, which included Franco. The only one who had no interest in coming back was Dunst.
PrimitiveMan
PrimitiveMan - 5/28/2017, 9:40 AM

PrimitiveMan - 5/28/2017, 9:39 AM Delete
@BIGBMH - Very true, that's not even touching the horrible design choices.

As much as we want to give Sam Raimi's Spider-Man shit for its Green Goblin costume, at least that was a good adaptation of the Goblin. Sure it wasn't faithful, but it was a decent job... ASM's Goblin on the other hand, I don't know WTF that was supposed to be.

On top of that, our first Lizard was an ugly mess that looked like it could have been a Ninja Turtle. Speaking of Electro, the design change was just horrible, that should have been more faithful than what we got. That, and the characteristics which you briefly touched on with Max Dillion, but we don't need to delve any deeper than that.

I wish we could have gotten a Spider-Man 4 to redeem the series, but it's too late for that now. Thankfully we have a new reboot that will hopefully be just as good, if not better than Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. But, we'll see if things work out or not (I'm hoping for the best).
DarthMoose
DarthMoose - 5/28/2017, 7:05 AM
If spider man homecoming looked exactly the same minus Mcu ties I don't think people would be super excited for it.
GROOTesque
GROOTesque - 5/28/2017, 7:06 AM
Is she salty? 🤔
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 5/28/2017, 7:12 AM
@GROOTesque -



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