Kirsten Dunst (left); Brad Pitt.Photo:Gilbert Flores/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty; Rebecca Sapp/Getty
Gilbert Flores/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty; Rebecca Sapp/Getty
Kirsten Dunsthad some major support early in her career.
Speaking with U.K. outletThe Telegraphamid the upcoming release of her new movieCivil War, the actress recalled herInterview with the VampirecostarBrad Pittbeing “like an older brother to me” on the set of the 1994 gothic horror film.
“[I was] treated like a princess,” said Dunst, 41. “Yes, it was a virtually all-male set, but everyone was very gentle and kind, and nothing ever felt weird.”
As for their costarTom Cruise, Dunst had similar praise for his treatment of the then-child actress, who later earned rave reviews for her breakout role in the film.
“One morning, aroundChristmas, I remember going into my dressing room at Pinewood and he’d set up a beautiful tree in there for me, covered in ornaments,” she shared.
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Kirsten Dunst and Brad Pitt in ‘Interview with the Vampire’.Francois Duhamel/Sygma via Getty
Francois Duhamel/Sygma via Getty
It also featured Cruise, now 61, as Lestat, andAntonio Banderasas another vampire, Armand. Dunst earned aGolden Globenod for best supporting actress in a drama, for her performance as newly turned child vampire Claudia.
During a 2019 appearance on theLate Show with Stephen Colbert, the host asked if she remembered feeling how big of a deal it was to act opposite Cruise and Pitt, now 60.
“I did, but I was also very innocent,” Dunst said of starring with the heartthrobs as a preteen. “I feel like I watched Brad inA River Runs Throughand Tom was inFar and Away, which I loved."
She continued, “Theytreated me like a little sister. It was very sweet, I was a very innocent 12-year-old. I was just doing my job, and they were very sweet to me.”
Kirsten Dunst (left), Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in ‘Interview with the Vampire’.Francois Duhamel/Sygma/Sygma via Getty
Francois Duhamel/Sygma/Sygma via Getty
“They were so sweet to me,” she added of Pitt and Cruise. “I mean, listen, that production, that film, was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced — maybeMarie Antoinette,because of where we shot. Other than that, they just don’t make movies like that anymore.”
In a more recent interview withVariety, published Wednesday, theOscarnominee was asked about getting to kiss Pitt forInterview with the Vampire— to which she quipped in response, laughing, “How about Brad Pitt got to kiss me?”
Civil Waris in theaters April 12.
source: people.com
