--- description: The actress says she genuinely enjoys the show and it’s nice to promote something she actually likes for once title: Kirsten Dunst Binged Pizza and to Gain Weight for Fargo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68506c46dd7237e/69886809bc6cfc0f4f3d9e1c/kirsten-dunst.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kirsten Dunst Binged Pizza and _Friday Night Lights_ to Gain Weight for Fargo  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2015 1:10 PM CUT  Actress Kirsten Dunst attends the premiere of FX's "Fargo" season 2 at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, California, Oct. 7, 2015. Actress Kirsten Dunst attends the premiere of FX's "Fargo" season 2 at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, California, Oct. 7, 2015.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2015 1:10 PM CUT Sometimes being a movie star is just as awesome as it seems like it is. In order to put on weight for her role as the beautician Peggy Blomquist in the dark comedy series Fargo, Kirsten Dunst, 33, sat in bed and slammed pizza, she revealed on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ Monday. I was in Calgary and I ordered a lot of pizza,” the actress said while promoting season 2 of the FX series. “I just had different cheeses and breads together,” she said. “Really, I just sat in my bed, watched _Friday Night Lights_ and ate.” She also revealed an obsession with the TV reality series _The Bachelor_. Dunst said it was nice for a change to due promotional appearances for a show she actually likes. “It’s nice to promote something and not have to lie about it,” she told Kimmel. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4071248/kirsten-dunst-pizza-fargo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4071248/kirsten-dunst-pizza-fargo/"},"headline":"Kirsten Dunst Binged Pizza and Friday Night Lights to Gain Weight for Fargo","datePublished":"2015-10-13T13:10:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:44:27.785Z","description":"The actress says she genuinely enjoys the show and it’s nice to promote something she actually likes for once","url":"https://time.com/4071248/kirsten-dunst-pizza-fargo/","keywords":["Pizza","Jimmy Kimmel","Fargo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68506c46dd7237e/69886809bc6cfc0f4f3d9e1c/kirsten-dunst.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68506c46dd7237e/69886809bc6cfc0f4f3d9e1c/kirsten-dunst.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere of FX's \"Fargo\" Season 2 - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere of FX's \"Fargo\" Season 2 - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4071248/kirsten-dunst-pizza-fargo/","name":"Kirsten Dunst Binged Pizza and Friday Night Lights to Gain Weight for Fargo"}}]}] ```