Emma Stone Refused to Recreate Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst’s Iconic Spider-Man Kiss With Andrew Garfield: “I’m not Mary Jane”
The Spider-Man crafted by Sam Raimi beyond question set standards high in the superhero world after which came a separate project that featured Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, unlike Kirsen Dunst’s character.
After Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker, Garfield went on to play the same character in a separate Spider-Man movie, however, Emma Stone who portrayed Peter Parker’s love interest did not star as Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson and refused to film an iconic scene from the previous film stating that her character is different than that of Dunst’s.
Emma Stone’s Refusal For Recreating Iconic Kiss Scene in Spider-Man
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst‘s iconic upsidedown kiss as Spider-Man and his love interest Mary Jane became one of the iconic scenes in the movie and received an immense commendation. However, when Andrew Garfield stepped into the franchise, he was paired with Emma Stone who portrayed Spider-Man’s first love, Gwen Stacey.
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Stone initially desired to play Dunst’s character but eventually fell harder for Gwen Stacy and while filming for The Amazing Spider-Man, with her ex-boyfriend as Spider-Man, Emma Stone refused to recreate the iconic kiss that Maguire and Dunst were a part of. The La La Land star spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times (via MTV News) and said:
“Why would we do an upside-down kiss? I’m not Mary Jane. I’m Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man film. New girl. New kiss. I wanted to do different kisses to make our mark.”
The Easy A star explained that she wanted a unique and distinct kiss between Stacy and Spider-Man as her character was different and felt like her Spider-Man was different from what Maguire depicted. In the comics, Gwen Stacy is Peter Parker’s first love and Stone wanted to showcase a special bond between their characters that would showcase the love between Stacy and Parker.
Andrew Garfield Lied to Emma Stone About Reprising His Role as Spider-Man
Besides being an amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield proved to be a good secret keeper too. However, the actor had to lie a lot to keep his involvement in the third installment starring Tom Holland.
The Tick Tick Boom! star even lied to Emma Stone when the actress whom he dated kept asking him about his involvement through texts. In a new interview on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Garfield revealed:
“Emma kept on texting me. She was like, ‘Are you in this new Spider-Man film? And I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The Silence star gave Emma Stone the same treatment he gave to fans and journalists when they tried to know about Garfield’s role in the movie. Finally when the third installment was out and the whole world knew that Andrew Garfield successfully fooled everyone, Emma Stone wasn’t forgiving him. The actor added:
“She was like, ‘Shut up. Just tell me.’ I’m like, ‘I honestly’— I kept it going, even with her. And then she saw it. She was like, ‘You’re a jerk.”
The Under the Silver Lake actor mentioned that her ex-girlfriend and Oscar winner was furious at him for lying about his contribution. However, the film turned out to be exceptional and fans were thrilled to witness Tobey Maguire alongside Andrew Garfield with the newest web-slinger Tom Holland.
