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Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man

Kirsten Dunst believes ‘Spider-Man 4′ will be a flop if she and Tobey
Maguire don’t star in it.
The actress – who plays Mary Jane Watson, the love interest of the superhero
’s alter-ego Peter Parker, in the hit movie series – insists any attempt to
continue the franchise without her, Tobey – who plays the web-slinger – and
director Sam Raimi would be a box-office disaster.
She told Entertainment Weekly: “Audiences aren’t stupid. It’d be a big flop
without me, Tobey or Sam.”
Dunst is doubtful Sony Pictures would want to make a fourth movie if Raimi
wasn’t at the helm.
She added: “That would really not be the smartest move. But they already
know that.”
Dunst and Maguire have both distanced themselves from a fourth movie, with
the pair admitting they would like to pursue other roles.
Maguire said: “I feel like this film is kind of a natural conclusion to a
lot of stuff that’s happened in the first two movies. It kind of feels like
a natural trilogy. I’m not going to make more just because they’ve been
successful.”
Raimi is rumoured to be in the running to direct the film version of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s classic novel ‘The Hobbit’, which is a prequel to the ‘Lord of the
Rings’ books.
He is said to be first choice if New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson, who
directed the Oscar-winning ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, turns the project
down.
Meanwhile, ‘Spider-Man 3′ had its world premiere in Tokyo yesterday
(16.04.07).
Maguire took his jewellery maker fianc�e Jennifer Meyer and their baby
daughter Ruby along to the glitzy event because he can’t bear to be apart
from them.
The actor – who braved the rain to walk down the red carpet with his co-star
Dunst – said: “I love being a dad. I didn’t want to be away from them and I
didn’t want my fianc�e Jen to miss this. It’s a pretty eventful moment and I
wanted to be with them. I haven’t been away for a night yet.”
After several premieres across the globe ‘Spider-Man 3′ opens worldwide on
May 4.