As the new Spider-Man reboot heads towards production, Kirsten Dunst has been sagely noting that “they have a lot to live up to”…
It's probably safe to suggest that many Spider-Man fans are uneasy about the forthcoming reboot of the franchise. While Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 certainly wasn't a lot to write home about, his first two Spidey films were far more successful. Furthermore, as he was set to embark on Spider-Man 4, there was a feeling that lessons would have been learned, and that studio interference would have significantly lessened.
However, Raimi's fourth Spider-Man adventure is one that's consigned to the recycle bin of films we'll never get to see, as Sony instead opted to press ahead with a full reboot. Thus, Andrew Garfield is the new Spider-Man, Emma Stone is Gwen Stacy, and (500) Days Of Summer director Marc Webb is calling the shots. Rhys Ifans is on villain duties, too.
Kirsten Dunst wasn't the most popular part of Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, meanwhile, yet she does seem to have voiced a few pressing concerns in an interview with Hero Complex. It's hard to disagree with some of what she has to say, too. She's not being disingenuous or disrespectful, here. She might just be right.
"I mean, everyone was coming back, and they were casting a villain. I knew it wasn't ready to go, but I knew they were working on it. And they decided not to, so - you know what, it was only sad because we didn't know the last one was going to be our last. So we didn't have that extra little 'This is the last time, guys.' We didn't get to have that grieving. It was a little like, 'Oh, we're not doing it, bummer.'"
She went on to note that "They have a lot to live up to. I do really like Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield. I know that Emma's playing Gwen Stacy, but I wonder what story they're gonna tell, because it wasn't that long ago - we're not, like, old people. That's why I'd be nervous. They're gonna tell the story, I guess, from the beginning again - but in a different way. But it wasn't that long ago that we told that story. So the pressure's on again a little bit in that way. Yeah, they're in a funny position. But, hey, I'm sure they're gonna work it out."
Hope so.
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