Kirsten Dunst says she would return to the Spider-Man franchise

Kirsten Dunst is not ruling out a possible return to the Spider-Verse.

The 39-year-old actress, who last played Peter Parker/Spider-Man’s love interest Mary Jane ‘MJ’ Watson in 2007’s Spider-Man 3, confirmed that she was open to rejoining the franchise.

‘I would do it. Why not? That would be fun,’ Kirsten told Variety at the AFI Fest screening of her new film The Power of the Dog.

Coming back? Kirsten Dunst is not ruling out a possible return to the Spider-Verse

‘I would never say no to something like that,’ she continued.

She then joked, ‘I’d be old MJ at this point with little Spidey babies.’   

Kirsten first played MJ opposite Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker in 2002’s Spider-Man and went on to reprise her role in the Sam Raimi-directed film’s two sequels.

Love interest: Kirsten first played MJ opposite Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker in 2002’s Spider-Man and went on to reprise her role in the Sam Raimi-directed film’s two sequels

Emma Stone took over the role of MJ in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and its 2014 sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield playing the Web Slinger.  

In 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, Tom Holland joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a new iteration of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

Zendaya played the role of Michelle Jones ‘MJ’, an original character in the MCU that pays homage to Spider-man’s longtime love interest.

She starred alongside Tom in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home.

New cast: Emma Stone took over the role of MJ in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and its 2014 sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield playing the Web Slinger.

A recent photo leak appeared to confirm rumors that Garfield and Maguire would be appearing in Marvel/Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home. 

In one of the images, all three actors were seen together in one frame wearing their Spider-Man costumes.

However, the actors have continued to deny that they are appearing in the movie together.

Exciting: A recent photo leak appeared to confirm rumors that Garfield and Maguire would be appearing in Marvel/Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home

Kirsten also denied that she would be making an appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home.  

‘I’m not in that movie, no. I know there’s rumors, right?’ she told Total Film.

After it was pointed out that Alfred Molina and Willem Dafoe were reprising their roles in the upcoming movie, Dunst said, ‘No, I’m the only one [not back]. “Can’t put an old girl in there!”‘

Denial: Kirsten also denied that she would be making an appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home.