--- description: Just ahead of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kirsten Dunst has made her thoughts on Marvel's reboot of the superhero very clear. title: Spider-Man Star Kirsten Dunst Weighs in on the New Reboots image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac8b5c7803c391be/6988cd707cdbac26cad585da/kirsten-dunst-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Original Mary Jane Kirsten Dunst Weighs in on All Those New _Spider-Man_ Movies ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. "Everyone likes our Spider-Man"_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 16, 2017 6:29 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 16, 2017 6:29 PM CUT Just ahead of the July release of [_Spider-Man: Homecoming_](http://time.com/4770541/spider-man-homecoming-peter-parker/ "undefined"), [Kirsten Dunst](http://motto.time.com/4730818/kirsten-dunst-sex-scenes-beguiled/ "undefined") has made her thoughts on [Marvel’s reboot](http://time.com/4754930/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-marvel-movies/ "undefined") of the popular superhero perfectly clear. During a recent interview with [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2017/film/features/kirsten-dunst-sofia-coppola-beguiled-sex-cannes-film-festival-nicole-kidman-1202425358/ "undefined")at the Cannes premiere of her upcoming film _The Beguiled_, the 35-year-old actor — who played Mary Jane Watson in the big screen _Spider-Man_ trilogy starring Tobey Maguire as the web-slinger from 2002 – 2007— seemed to suggest that nothing can beat the original. “Everyone likes our _Spider-Man_,” she said after revealing she hadn’t seen the latest _Amazing Spider-Man_ iteration of the franchise. “C’mon, am I right or what? Listen, I’d rather be in the first ones than the new ones.” In fact, Dunst was even up for reprising her role as MJ one more time. “I wanted to be in that movie so badly,” she said of the first Sam Raimi-directed installment. “I loved it, and I wish we could have made a fourth.” _Spider-Man: Homecoming_ hits theaters July 7. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4780726/kirsten-dunst-on-spiderman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4780726/kirsten-dunst-on-spiderman/"},"headline":"Original Mary Jane Kirsten Dunst Weighs in on All Those New Spider-Man Movies","datePublished":"2017-05-16T18:29:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:45.874Z","description":"\"Everyone likes our Spider-Man\"","url":"https://time.com/4780726/kirsten-dunst-on-spiderman/","keywords":["movies","Spider-Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac8b5c7803c391be/6988cd707cdbac26cad585da/kirsten-dunst-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac8b5c7803c391be/6988cd707cdbac26cad585da/kirsten-dunst-spider-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire filming Spider-Man 2","caption":"Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire filming Spider-Man 2","creditText":"James Devaney/WireImage","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":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4780726/kirsten-dunst-on-spiderman/","name":"Original Mary Jane Kirsten Dunst Weighs in on All Those New Spider-Man Movies"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"Everyone likes our Spider-Man\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4780726/kirsten-dunst-on-spiderman/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4780726/kirsten-dunst-on-spiderman/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```