Kate Hudson Is Grateful She Handed On ‘Spider-Man’ Position

Following her Oscar nominated breakout function, Kate Hudson had the chance to tackle Marvel, however the Spider-Verse had different plans.

The Golden Globe-winning actress not too long ago revealed that she handed on the function of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man (2002), a task that finally went to Kirsten Dunst for all three films within the franchise.

“Yes, I did,” she stated on Watch What Happens Live. “And now that I look back, it’s one of those things where I look back like, ‘That would have been nice to be in a Spider-Man movie.’”

Hudson added, “At the same time, I did a movie called Four Feathers. I got to meet Heath Ledger, who became a very good friend, and I got an experience that I would have never had. So part of me is like, ‘Life happens exactly in the way it’s supposed to.’ And so I’m grateful for it.”

Still, Dunst admitted, “I do look at that [movie] and I’m like, ‘Oh, it would’ve been fun to be her.’”

Hudson additionally agrees that the Bring It On actress was the fitting selection for the function. “When people say these things, it doesn’t feel good to talk about it, because the people who are in the movie are the right people, right?” she defined. “And your circumstances in life happen the way they happen.”

Dunst went on to reprise the function of Mary Jane in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).

After Tobey Maguire reprised his Peter Parker alongside successors Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Dunst stated she “would have” come again as nicely if Marvel requested. With Raimi beforehand teasing that he’s “completely open” to directing one other Spider-Man movie, Dunst would possibly get one other likelihood at reprising the function.