Every Friday for the next seven weeks The Guardian will be running a video diary by Simon Pegg. Here is a little part of the introduction by Simon where he meantions Kirsten (clearly he’s a fan of Kirsten).
I’d been informed of Kirsten Dunst’s involvement at the beginning of the year whilst on the Hot Fuzz press tour of the US. We crossed paths in LA a week or so later whilst she was on Webslinger press duties at the Four Seasons Hotel. I liked her immediately. She was friendly and unassuming and got on well with Nick Frost, which is usually my benchmark for judging people.
We became good friends during the shoot. She is the product of that odd collision between wisdom and youth. An actress since she was three years old, she demonstrates experience and professionalism, coupled with a healthy understanding of the nature of the business. She is also one of the most instinctively gifted actresses I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I’m a fan. Does it show?
And then the sweet/weird/strange story about Tobey Young and our Kirsten.
Early in the shoot, Toby approached Kirsten on set and asked if she had fallen in love with him yet, after which he proceeded to give her a performance note. This might have been charming if they had been formally introduced but they hadn’t. As it was, I believe her response was an understandable, “Who the fuck’s this guy?” Bob told me that he had received an email from Toby that night saying, “It’s going to be really difficult for me to come on set and not get involved.” Bob sent him a reply saying that there was an easy solution to that problem. We didn’t really see Toby on set again after that.
You can read the entire introduction and watch the first episode of the video diary here.
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