Spider-Man star Kirsten Dunst became a permanent part of superhero mythology thanks to her performance as Mary Jane Watson . But while doing the role, Dunst made her voice heard to make sure the character maintained its integrity. Kirsten Dunst wanted her character to look a certain way in ‘Spider-Man’ Dunst had a high opinion of Mary Jane Watson in the first Spider-Man movie with Tobey Maguire .
The feature saw Dunst portray Peter Parker’s iconic love interest, a character who she found heroic in a more grounded way. “Mary Jane is a hero in her own right. She fights with her problems, for her family, for her love.
And she fights with all she’s got. She tries to get a grip in life and is also much more grown up than Spider-Man/Peter Parker, who is, let’s face it, still rather childish. His social skills are so underdeveloped, because he’s always so busy with being a superhero,” Dunst once told BBC .
She had so much respect for her character that Dunst wanted to do more with her in the film. So she wanted Raimi to make this major change to her role in the feature. “Yes, I tried to make her character a little more determined.
I told them, ‘She’s a strong woman now. Don’t let her scream so much like in the first part. She’s much more than the damsel in distress,'” she said.
Mary Jane also offered a much more favorable alternative to playing an actual superhero for Dunst. Dunst wasn’t a fan of playing invulnerable characters with powers at the time. .