Kirsten Dunst says she 'felt overwhelmed' filming her first Nak3d scene in 'Marie Antoinette'
Kirsten Dunst told Jamie Dornan in Variety's "Actors on Actors" series that she "felt overwhelmed" filming her n-de scenes for "Marie Antoinette."
The pair starred in the biographical drama movie about the famous historical monarch, directed by Sofia Coppola. Dunst played the lead, Antoinette, while Dornan played Swedish count Axel von Fersen who ends up in a sexual relationship with Antoinette in the movie.
Reflecting on filming the 2006 movie in the Variety interview, Dornan said that he was nervous because it was his first film role.
To this Dunst replied: "I was nervous too, Jamie. And all our stuff was making out and I was not comfortable with that. It's never that comfortable ever so I was actually very nervous too."
Dunst continued: "I think my first time I even showed my breasts was with Sofia. She never used the take, and I don't even think you were there. I think someone just pulled me down. But there were a lot of things where I felt overwhelmed too."
Dornan then said that he had no idea Dunst felt that way whilst filming the drama.
"God, that's crazy to know," he said. "I mean, you handled it well. I thought you were in control of everything." To this, Dunst said that she felt she had to keep her cool for Dornan's sake.
Dunst and Dornan also revealed that Coppola made sure that the first time they met was during the scene where their characters meet for the first time.
The pair are now in the running for upcoming Oscar nominations, Dornan for his lead role in "Belfast" and Dunst for her supporting role in "Power of The Dog." Dunst, who has been acting since she was a child, has recently been reflecting on her movie career in interviews. In an interview with Vanity Fair in November, Dunst (then 11 years old) revealed she felt "very weird" kissing Brad Pitt (then in his 30s) for the 1994 movie "Interview with the Vampire."
"At that point, I was a little girl, and he was like a brother to me," Dunst said. "And it was very weird even though it was a peck. I was just very not into it."
Last month, she told W magazine that she was "proud" of her famous upside-down kiss with Tobey Maguire for "Spider-Man."
