It’s been 25 years since American actor Kirsten Dunst had her first on-screen kiss; and it was even more memorable, because it was with superstar, Brad Pitt.
Dunst, now 37, and Pitt, now 55, starred in 1994’s Interview With a Vampire when they were respectively 11 and 30. The kiss is something Dunst has described as “gross”, but she’s also added that Pitt treated her “like a little sister”.
Nevertheless, despite the awkward scene, playing Claudia in the movie catapulted Dunst into the international spotlight. She was acclaimed for her stellar performance, and was even nominated for a Golden Globe award.
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Since then, Dunst has enjoyed a prolific career, easily making the transition from child star to serious adult actor. Her long list of movies includes hits such as Jumanji, Spider-Man, Hidden Figures, Marie Antoinette, Bring It On, The Virgin Suicides, Mona Lisa Smile, Wimbledon, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Dick, Melancholia, and Bachelorette.
The actor has worked with the best directors, such as Sofia Coppola, has modelled for major fashion houses like Rodarte, and appeared in the acclaimed television series, Fargo.
Fast forward two and a half decades and this week, Dunst has celebrated her acting career by receiving her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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She’s a mediocre actress and many people actively avoid her films. In addition, she got a reputation for being terribly unreliable and hard to work with. She was a cute child actor but not competitive as an adult.
Though she’s worked prolifically since a young age, I can’t think of a film she’s done where I’ve felt she was deserving of a big award. (Although, All Good Things was terribly underrated).
Exactly. I've never once heard someone say "Kirsten Dunst was robbed" of any award - she's simply not done anything that great or noteworthy.
Agreed, for the most part. I’ve seen a lot of her work, and the only time I ever thought she was really excellent in something was Fargo.
She was rightfully nominated for a Golden Globe for that, and should have won over Lady Gaga for that awful season of American Horror Story, but it’s the first time I’ve seen her do anything award-worthy since Interview with the Vampire, and she hasn’t done anything that would make her part of awards conversation since.
If she feels she’s consistently bringing the same level of quality to her work that she did for Fargo, she needs to pick better roles because it’s not coming across.