Kirsten Dunst expresses regret for not standing up for herself on Spider-Man set

Kirsten Dunst has recently expressed her regret for not speaking up on the set of Spider-Man.

In a new interview with Marie Claire, Dunst recalled, “It was a joke, but on Spider-Man, they would call me 'girly-girl' sometimes on the walkie-talkie. 'We need girly-girl.'”

“But I never said anything. ... Like, don't call me that!” said the 41-year-old.

Dunst played the role of Mary Jane Watson opposite Tobey Maguire in three Spider-Man movies from 2002 to 2007, which was directed by Sam Raimi.

The actress told the outlet, “You didn't say anything. You just took it.”

At the time, Dunst revealed she was younger and told her manager, “I feel like I get hired because I'm someone that they might want to sleep with.”

“I think that's probably why I migrated to so many female directors at a younger age, because I didn't want to feel that way,” stated the Jumanji actress.

Now, Dunst mentioned she no longer felt “nervous” on movies, saying, “I feel at home sharing everything on set now.”

The Bring It On actress, who is currently promoting her new movie, Civil War, shared she didn’t want to “capitalise off the Spider-Man thing to become a movie-star-movie-star”.

“That's great for some people. It's not the artist that I want to be,” she remarked.

Dunst noted, “It was just growing up, and migrating to things that spoke to me. I always just navigated with my heart.”

When asked about doing another big-budget superhero project, Dunst added, “Yes, because you get paid a lot of money and I have two children and I support my mother.”

Meanwhile, Civil War will release in theatres on April 26.