With the highly anticipated block buster Spider-man 3 due to hit the big screen in 35 days and strong rumors that Sam Rami wants to do Spider-man 4, we may not have seen the last of Dunst and MaGuire, who will most likely reprise their roles once more.
Q: What did the $300 million budget for "Spider-Man 3" buy that $200 million couldn't for "Spider-Man 2?"
A: "More famous people and better special effects. Now, we have two villains and Bryce Dallas Howard."
Q: For a special-effects action franchise, "Spider-Man" has a philosophical angle about how the privileged should help others. Was that appealing to you?
A: "Honestly, from the first moment I read it, I thought it was so moving and so emotional. The fact that Sam Raimi was directing and had chosen Tobey Maguire, who had done 2000's "Wonder Boys" and 1999's "The Cider House Rules," made it, to me, like an independent film. I auditioned and was so happy I got it."
Q: Tobey Maguire has said this third movie is his last, but Sam Raimi has said he's seriously considering four. Where do you weigh in?
A: "I weigh in with Sam. And Tobey would do it as well. If Sam and I were doing it? Yeah, of course. We're definitely a team at this point."