Kirsten Dunst has revealed that a male director once asked her “totally inappropriate” questions.
The 41-year-old former child star appeared in 1994's Little Women and 1995's Jumanji in her younger years, and went on to star in satirical films Dick, Drop Dead Gorgeous and as a teenager in Sofia. won the role. Coppola's drama “The Virgin Suicides'' has not revealed further details about the incident that occurred when the “Bring It On'' star was alone with the unnamed director.
In a candid interview with Britain's Telegraph, she said: “A male director took me alone to his office and asked me about this movie he wanted me to be in. Then, completely out of the blue, he asked me: This is an inappropriate question. ”
She did not reveal the name of the film director or what she said, but continued:
“That's not something I want to look back on. But I will say that what he said had nothing to do with acting. And it's not like what he said was just 'kind of wrong.' there is no. That was totally inappropriate. And I sat there, knowing something was wrong, but having no idea what to do. ”
The only person she told about it was her mother, who “withdrew me from the process and told me I wasn't going to make the film.”
Kirsten, who gained more attention in the 1990s for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, said Coppola was a great mentor to her and introduced her to the crazy world of Hollywood. She said it gave her confidence as a teenager.
The 52-year-old Academy Award winner, the youngest and only daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, was praised for her role as a toddler in her father's acclaimed 2016 crime drama “The Godfather.” She is also a former child actor who appeared in 1972 – She said: She said: “The way Sophia made me feel about myself on camera gave me so much confidence as a teenager.
“These are strange times to work in Hollywood, and I know how rare and valuable it is to find such a mentor.”
Kirsten once demanded that a Spider-Man producer get her teeth straightened and drove her to the dentist, but she refused.
She said: “All I can say is that when I was 19, I didn't think about anything like that.”
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She says of what's changed in the industry since the trilogy ended in 2007:
“When I got cast in Spider-Man , 'Bring It On' had just been a big hit, so I was really bringing something to the table. But I was completely unaware of that. And I didn't even know that my salary was much less than Toby's. [Maguire, her co-star] It might be unfair. So it wasn't like I went to the filming set every day feeling bad. That was something no one suspected. ”