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EW goes behind the scenes of ''Spider-Man'' | 172658__spiderman8_l
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS Maguire and Dunst go head to head
Spider-Man: Zade Rosenthal

Kirsten Dunst didn't formally audition for the part of Spidey/Peter Parker's love interest, Mary Jane Watson, until just days before shooting was to start. With the clock ticking, director Sam Raimi and producer Laura Ziskin bundled a flu-ish Maguire onto a plane to read with Dunst in Berlin, where she was shooting ''The Cat's Meow.'' The filmmakers say it was chemistry, not urgency, that made the call clear. To be sure, it was hard to miss all the reports that Maguire and Dunst were romantically involved during the shoot -- stories that the production's coy sidestepping did little to stifle. (Both actors deny the rumors, insisting they are just friends.)


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