Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire Had a “Very Extreme” Spider-Man Pay Gap

Prior to Kirsten Dunst’s turn as Mary Jane Watson in 2002’s Spider-Man, she had prominent roles in The Virgin Suicides, Little Women, and Interview With the Vampire (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe). Despite this track record, the actor says she was paid significantly less than Tobey Maguire, her costar in the superhero flick. “The pay disparity between me and Spider-Man was very extreme,” Dunst revealed during a recent interview with The Independent. Dunst would reprise her role as the love interest of Maguire’s web-slinging Peter Parker in 2004’s Spider-Man 2 and 2007’s Spider-Man 3. At the… Read Full Article