When Kirsten Dunst was cast as Mary Jane in “Spider-Man,” she was expected to get her crooked front incisors fixed. According to the Independent, one of the movie’s producers even drove her to a dentist, but she did not leave with a mouth full of metal. “I love my snaggle fangs,” she told Elle UK (via HuffPost) in 2011. “They give me character and character is sexy.” However, her teeth were digitally straightened on the “Spider-Man” poster, per the Independent.
Dunst credits director Sofia Coppola for convincing her that her smile was fine just the way it was. As a teen, the actor worked with Coppola on the 1999 coming-of-age drama “The Virgin Suicides,” and they later collaborated on the flamboyant 2006 historical film “Marie Antoinette.” Dunst recalled to Net-a-Porter, “[Coppola] said, ‘Don’t fix your teeth. People will tell you to fix them, but you’re beautiful. You don’t need to.'” Because Dunst looked up to the filmmaker so much, the remarks did wonders for her self-confidence. “If she thinks I’m pretty, I’m pretty,” Dunst remembered thinking.
However, Coppola later asked Dunst to drop a few pounds for their 2017 collab “Beguiled,” which was shot in Louisiana. Dunst blamed the lack of healthy restaurants in the area for her refusal to do so. “I’m eating fried chicken and McDonald’s before work. So I’m like, ‘We have no options! I’m sorry I can’t lose weight for this role,'” she explained to Variety.
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