When it came to Marie Antoinette‘s steamier scenes in Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film named after the beheaded queen of France, Kirsten Dunst was “nervous,” she confessed to Variety during a chat with her co-star from that film, Jamie Dornan. For Dornan, “Marie Antoinette” was his first acting gig and the two had to do a lot of intimate scenes.
“All our stuff was like making out, and I’m not comfortable with that,” Dunst explained. “It’s never comfortable, ever. I think my first time I even showed my breasts was with Sofia [Coppola]. She never used the take, and I don’t even think you were there. I felt overwhelmed too.” Upon hearing her feelings around the filming Dornan told Dunst that she “handled it well” and he believed she was really collected around all of those moments.
That wasn’t the first time Coppola helped Dunst be more comfortable in her own skin either. When Dunst starred in “Virgin Suicides” at 16, the famed director helped her feel empowered in her own beauty after being told by producers to fix her teeth, per New York Post. We love a gorgeous women-empowering-women moment!
