People Can Not Believe The Way That 12-Year-Old Kirsten Dunst Was Treated After She Called Out Having To Kiss 31-Year-Old Brad Pitt In “Interview With The Vampire”
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People Can Not Believe The Way That 12-Year-Old Kirsten Dunst Was Treated After She Called Out Having To Kiss 31-Year-Old Brad Pitt In “Interview With The Vampire”,Kirsten has been praised for the way that she stood her ground as a child star by repeatedly pointing out that it was “weird” and “gross” for her to have to kiss a grown man.
People Can Not Believe The Way That 12-Year-Old Kirsten Dunst Was Treated After She Called Out Having To Kiss 31-Year-Old Brad Pitt In “Interview With The Vampire”
Kirsten Dunst was just six years old when she made her acting debut in the Woody Allen short film Oedipus Wrecks, and her career quickly went from strength to strength.
Warner BrosIn 2021, Kirsten told Vanity Fair that having to kiss Brad was one of the worst parts of making that movie, and while she was mostly “treated like a total princess on set,” she always struggled with this part of the script.
Jc Olivera / FilmMagicAfter recalling a scene where she had to bite the neck of an actor who was sweating profusely, Kirsten explained: “That was the worst thing I did and also having obviously to kiss Brad Pitt at that point. I was a little girl and he was like a brother to me and it was very weird even though it was a peck. I was very not into it.”
Francois Duhamel/ Sygma via Getty ImagesAnd this was far from the first time that Kirsten had voiced her feelings towards the kiss. In fact, even during the movie’s press tour she spoke out against the scene in interviews.
Warner BrosSoon after she’d wrapped filming, 11-year-old Kirsten told Entertainment Tonight: “I hated [the kiss] so much because Brad was like my older brother on set and it’s kind of like kissing your brother. It’s weird because he’s an older guy and I had to kiss him on the lips, so it was gross.”
Ron Davis / Getty ImagesFour years later, she told Interview magazine: “Kissing Brad was so uncomfortable for me. I remember saying in interviews that I thought it was gross, that Brad had cooties. I mean, I was 10.”
Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesAnd a 1994 interview that shows Kirsten being quizzed on the situation during the promotional tour for Little Women recently resurfaced on TikTok, and sparked a pretty huge reaction from viewers.
Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesMany have been left shocked by the way that both the interviewer and Kirsten’s Little Women costar Samantha Matthis broached the subject with the young actor, and Kirsten has also won praise for the way that she advocated for herself despite her age.
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.comThe clip begins with Kirsten being asked: “Did you really hate kissing Brad Pitt?” to which she explains: “Yeah because, well, y’know what, I love Brad, he’s so nice… it was just, like, it feels awkward.”
Francois Duhamel / Sygma via Getty Images“I mean I’m 12,” she goes on. “And he’s, like, 31 and it’s like, he’s a man. So why would I enjoy kissing him?” Kirsten then giggled uncomfortably as the reporter also laughed and turned her attention to Samantha, who was 24 years old at the time.
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“Alright Samantha, how about you? If you had the chance to kiss Brad Pitt?” she asked.
Fred Duval / FilmMagic“Oh, I don’t think I’d turn it down!” Samantha replied. “I mean, he’s a wonderful actor too though, but I understand.” Addressing Kirsten directly, she added: “Maybe you’re not into kissing boys yet, so I can relate.”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“Well, especially because Brad is 31,” Kirsten immediately rebutted. “I mean, he’s not exactly a boy.”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“If he were 15 maybe?” the journalist asked, with Samantha adding: “It might be better?”
@nomorelatefees Replying to @nomorelatefees The fact she had to do that scene was bad enough but why would the interviewer even question her about not liking it. #Hollyweird #KirstenDunst #samanthamathis #bradpitt
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“Yeah,” Kirsten awkwardly laughed, with Samantha then saying: “There we go!”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.comReacting to the clip, viewers called Kirsten “the only sensible one” in the interview, with one person commenting: “When she said but brads not really a boy tho, why the little girl have to correct that grown woman.”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“dude her point is totally valid and the chick next her played it like she’s too young to even know better wtf,” another wrote. One more said: “the fact that she had to explain???????????????”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“They expected her to have a different answer???” another viewer asked. While someone else added: “She was 12. He was a grown ass man. Leave her alone. She shouldn’t have to defend it being awkward.”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“The child should not have to explain this to an adult,” one more comment reads. Another pointed out: “‘Maybe you’re just not into kissing boys yet’ invalidating how uncomfortable she was and trying to place the blame on her…”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.comWhile some were left uncomfortable by the suggestion that a 15-year-old boy would have been an acceptable person for the child star to kiss instead. One person commented: “It’s disgusting how she then changed it to 15, him being 15 has nothing to do with the plot, so why not just say maybe if he was 12?”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“15 is still not appropriate for a 12 year old!” someone else agreed.
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.comHowever, Kirsten’s handling of the situation was universally praised. One person wrote: “the way she stood her ground 👏”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com“what a brave little girl for even speaking her feelings,” another agreed. Someone else echoed: “it’s amazing she voiced her concerns.”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.com
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.comWhile one more simply summed up the whole situation by writing: “she’s so young this is really sad.”
TikTok @nomorelatefees / Via tiktok.comAnd Kirsten’s experience on Interview with the Vampire seemingly impacted her future acting choices, with the former child star previously revealing that she was asked to play Kevin Spacey’s teen object of desire in American Beauty four years later but turned it down.
Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesKirsten explained: “When I read it, I was 15 and I don’t think I was mature enough to understand the script’s material. I didn’t want to be kissing Kevin Spacey. Come on! Lying there naked with rose petals?”
Getty ImagesThe role ultimately ended up going to Mena Suvari, who was 19 years old at the time.
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