Today we’re gong back exactly 25 years for the 21st Annual Saturn Awards, which were held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles on June 26th 1995.
Kirsten won the award in the ‘Best Performance by a Younger Actor’ category for her portrayal of Claudia in ‘Interview with the Vampire’. Other nominees included Elijah Wood & Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
I’ve added 22 ‘new’ pics of Kirsten at the awards to the gallery & replaced 3 of the existing pics with bigger versions.
Entertainment Weekly arranged a virtual roundtable for director Sofia Coppola & most of the cast of ‘The Virgin Suicides’. Here’s the video.
Today we’re going back twenty five years for the 4th Annual MTV Movie Awards, which were held on June 10th 1995 at the Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles.
Kirsten won the award in the ‘Breakthrough Performance’ category for her role in ‘Interview with a Vampire’.
I’ve added 37 ‘new’ pics of Kirsten at the awards to the gallery & replaced 9 of the existing pics with bigger versions.
Kirsten Dunst is sitting next to her 2-year-old son, Ennis, who is scarfing down yogurt drops while watching “Lady and the Tramp” for the second straight day. She’s calling from rural New Zealand, where she’s holed up with Ennis and her husband, Jesse Plemons. They’ve been there since January, filming “The Power of the Dog,” a Jane Campion movie in which she and Plemons play a husband and wife dealing with a brother (Benedict Cumberbatch) who disapproves of their wedding.
The film shut down late, leaving the family stuck there because they didn’t feel it was safe to fly. They’ve been itching to return home to Toluca Lake, though, to be close to family and friends. Dunst is calling in late April. And soon, they are heading home — their flight leaves in a few days. She doesn’t know when shooting will resume on the movie or when she’ll return to playing struggling mom Krystal Stubbs on the second season of her Showtime series, “On Becoming a God in Central Florida.” But she does know she’s glad her son loves “Lady and the Tramp” because it was the first movie she ever saw in a theater and she loves it too.
What’s quarantine life been like for you?
We wanted to get out of the city, out of Auckland, so we rented a house for our son to have some grass to run around on. There’s horses around here. And we have two old cats living with us, one of whom, Sid, brings us a mouse every night. Last night, Jesse and I were sitting outside and he brings a full rabbit. I’ve never seen so much carcass in my life. I picked up a[n] eyeball the other night.
I hope you thanked him. These are gifts he’s bringing you.
Of course. “You’re such a great hunter! Thank you!” But Jesse had to catch a mouse in our bathroom the other night and throw it outside. [“Mom’s gotta talk on the phone,” she tells Ennis. “I can’t hide you.”] He keeps me sane. Yesterday we let him be naked all day and he’d pee outside in the grass. He thought it was so funny. He was so happy he could pee like a dog. It helps him with his potty training. He was pushing so hard to try to pee because he liked it so much.
Had you ever come close to working with Jane Campion before this? You two seem like a good fit.
It’s been a lifelong dream. I saved this letter she wrote me in 2000 about this other movie she wanted to make, this Alice Munro book “Runaway” that never got made. We have the same birthday, Jane and I. We work the same way — honest and direct. She likes what I like in filmmaking, all the unexpected things that happen.
You and Jesse are playing husband and wife again. I hope it works out better here than it did for Peggy and Ed Blumquist on “Fargo.”
There’s still darkness. But, yes, it does. Benedict is the problem. He’s kind of silently torturing me. His character … not Benedict. He’s lovely.
Krystal has a lot of rage in “On Becoming a God.” What do you draw on to play that?
Let’s not forget. I’ve been a child actor. [Laughs] I mean, that pretty much sums it up. But you also use relationships you’ve been in, things that annoy you, anything, everything. Bear your shame!
Your son was only 5 months old when you shot the show’s 10 episodes. What was the biggest challenge getting through those long days?
Well, I couldn’t hold my baby after my 5 p.m. spray tan. Krystal is high-maintenance! I think I was just more physically exhausted than I would have been, but that exhaustion fed into playing a character who really acts out all her frustrations. With Krystal, I could let it all hang out. She’s a very freeing character to play.
What’s the first thing you’re going to do when you get home?
Wash my hands? [Laughs]
And after you’ve dried them off?
One thing I am most excited about is just sitting and listening to records. Jesse and I have a killer sound system. We shut off all the lights and we sit in the triangle — that’s what we call the spot where the sound is perfect — and it feels like, certain records, it’s like watching “The Godfather” for the first time. I’ve cried. It feels like a religious experience. The first time I heard Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” on this, I was a mess.
I want to sit in the triangle!
Someday. I’ll play you Graham Nash’s “Songs for Beginners.” The surefire hits, though, are always a Nina Simone song or a Beach Boys song. Anyway, that’s what Jesse and I will do when we get home. Wash our hands, put the baby to bed and sit in the triangle. Maybe put on some Judee Sill. A good cry would feel good right about now.
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
Yesterday Kirsten was interviewed via skype (or similar) by Sam Eckmann from GoldDerby as part of their ‘Emmy Contenders’ series. Here’s the video.
Note: Due to a minor website issue yesterday I’m a day late with this update.
Today we’re going back to May 27th 2002 for the Berlin Premiere of ‘Spider-Man’, which was held at the CineStar movie theatre.
Kirsten, Tobey Maguire, William Dafoe & director Sam Raimi attended the premiere & guests included Christina Rau (the wife of the then German President) & Kirsten’s German grandparents Hermann & Ingeborg Dunst.
I’ve added 32 ‘new’ pics of Kirsten at the premiere to the gallery & replaced 4 of the existing pics with bigger versions.
Kirsten is on the cover of the May/June issue of ‘Watch’ magazine. The magazine features some lovely pics from Kirsten’s 2016 Alasdair McLellan photoshoot & an interesting interview with her from February this year.
I’ve added digital scans from the magazine to the gallery.
Today we’re going back to May 19th 1997 for the US Premiere of ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’, which was held at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.
I’ve added 7 ‘new’ pics of Kirsten at the premiere to the gallery & replaced one of the existing pics with a bigger, untagged version.
Today we’re going back to May 11th 1996 for the 9th Annual Nickleodeon Kids Choice Awards, which were held at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.
I’ve added 8 ‘new’ pics of Kirsten at the awards to the gallery & replaced one of the existing pics with a much bigger version.
