Poor Sam Raimi. He finally gets back to his horror film roots with his new movie, Drag Me to Hell, and all people want to ask him about is Spider-Man 4. Yesterday, MTV talked to Sam and specifically asked about Kirsten Dunst returning as Mary Jane Watson for the fourth pic. Here’s what Raimi had to say on the matter:
“Kirsten? I have talked with her, and she’s very excited about the possibility of it,” Raimi revealed, insisting that although Dunst is willing, it will be the director’s call to make after he reads the script by Lindsay-Abaire. “I think I’m going to have to read the screenplay and make sure everything we’ve talked about is working, before I could honestly tell you absolutely how [Dunst’s possible return] would go.”
I for one have never liked Dunst as MJ. She just didn’t seem to fit the part. I am comfortable in saying this because my shallowness knows no depth: She wasn’t attractive enough. To me, and as far as the comics go, MJ seemed to be the girl next door who just happened to have the supermodel good looks. Maybe I am alone on that one… But also, her acting left something to be desired, especially in the third one.
In digging for a little more information about this, I found that a lot of fans would love to see semi-Utah-native Mary Elizabeth Winstead (who will be co-starring in the upcoming Scott Pilgrim film) cast as MJ. All over news message boards her name popped up saying she should have been cast as MJ from start – though, I don’t recall her ever being in the running for the part. I think she has the look, don’t recall her in many of the films she’s been in (Final Destinations 1 & 3, Sky High), but I doubt MJ will be recast because frankly, what has Kristen Dunst been up to lately? Doesn’t seem like a whole lot.
Besides, I don’t think I would like to see MJ recase necessarily, because while I don’t like Kirsten as MJ, she’s spent 3 movies portraying her so she kind of is Mary Jane in the movie canon. With that said, I don’t see why they couldn’t just write her out of the next few movies, it wouldn’t be hard, just a simple cameo in number 4 of her leaving to LA to pursue her modeling/acting career and BAM! She’s gone. Leaving the door open for what I think would be a good romance between Gwen and Peter. I mean, come on, you can’t introdcue Gwen Stacy and NOT have her and Pete dabble in a little romance, and with MJ out of movies 4 & 5 you could really develop that just in time to see her demise and then I guess the return of MJ. After that long of an absence it would probably THEN be easier to recast her to come back late in the 5th or 6th installments.
Just my thoughts, I will turn my fanboy wishful thinking switch off now.