On February 8, the two actors climbed the Oscar ladder for their roles as husband and wife; The power of the dog. A bit of a prophetic film as the couple finally celebrated their nuptials last weekend. An opportunity to return to the roots of their romance.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons waltz on top of a mountain. Both are played by Rose and George Burbanker The power of the dog (2021), by Jane Campion, available on Netflix from December 1, 2021. “It’s so good not to be alone,” George blurts in the middle of this dreamy picture. A performance so overwhelming that her on-screen partner shed a few tears away from the cameras. The chemistry between the two actors has worked again.
This did not escape the Academy Awards, which on February 8 nominated the pair for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress, a first for both. “Being honored by the Academy is a real lesson in humility,” Kirsten Dunst responded before the ceremony. For Jesse and I to receive our first nominations together is beyond our wildest dreams.” A dream that the couple would not have dared to formulate five years ago, at the beginning of their Hollywood romance.
“I knew he would stay in my life”
It all starts with an exchange of glances in line at the Los Angeles airport in 2015. Jesse Plemons immediately falls in love with Kirsten Dunst, with whom he is going to shoot season 2. Fargo, in Canada. “I looked into her eyes and saw how beautiful, sweet, spontaneous and warm she is,” she confided. vulnerability, four years later. Love at first sight is professional first. “We fell in love as actors,” says the actress today. At that time, Kirsten Dunst is really in a relationship with Garrett Hedlund, the hero Tron: Heritagesince 2011.
To avoid boredom on Canadian soil, the 30-year-old girl watches episodes of the series at her home in Calgary. Friday Night Lights, starring Jesse Plemons. And admires the talent of his screen partner. on set Fargo, the two actors are having fun, crazy. “I knew he was going to stay in my life,” recalls Kirsten Dunst Clothing Edit, in 2019, I still didn’t know how much. I missed him terribly by the end of the show. We didn’t see each other again until the following year.
In the video: “The Power of the Dog”, the trailer
Engagement at Christmas
In 2016, Kirsten Dunst, who just broke up with Garrett Hedlund, can count on the support of this “very good friend”. Her relationship with Jesse Plemons takes a new turn in June when paparazzi capture one of their first kisses. Then everything accelerates. Six months later, Kirsten Dunst, sitting with her family at Christmas, notices a certain nervousness in her father’s attitude.
“She can’t lie,” she will entertain on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show.” The 39-year-old actress is sure that her 33-year-old companion is going to ask her to marry him. in January 2017 US Weekly confirms that the couple is engaged. A year later, Kirsten Dunst appears in a Rodarte ad campaign wearing a red floral dress with both hands on her rounded stomach. Her baby boy, Ennis, was born on May 8, 2018.
Marriage pending
If the friendship of the actress and Jesse Plemons has given way to a passionate and dazzling romance, the two actors are less passionate about the arrangement of their marriage. “We will definitely get married one day, but it will probably be a small ceremony at home, or something really intimate, not a big wedding,” Kirsten Dunst explains in the column.US Weekly, in August 2019. It’s a priority, but you know how it is. There are a lot of little things that get in the way. So it should be a good time where we can all have fun.” The wedding, postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will finally take place on June 2nd and 3rd, 2022, amid the utmost secrecy. according to the information received from Page sixthe couple say yes in a private ceremony at the GoldenEye Hotel in Jamaica.
Marriage a year before Kirsten Dunst’s second pregnancy. In March 2021, the actress thus appeared in Rodarte’s new advertising campaign, wearing a sheer white dress that highlighted… baby bump. The shoot was signed by Sofia Coppola, who was it The Virgin Suicides Where? Marie Antoinette. And Kirsten Dunst does not want to celebrate her marriage under these conditions. “I wanted to have fun, not pay for everyone to have a good time while I’m pregnant and wandering the aisles,” she joked. Sunday Times, to the hint of his future union. Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst’s son, James, was born in September 2021. Till date the two actors are still not married.
Loving praise
Both actors are full of praise for each other in public. In August 2019, Jesse Plemons saluted his wife-to-be’s talent at the unveiling of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “In addition to being a brilliant actress, I’ve had the greater pleasure of getting to know you outside of work as Kicky or Kixy (actress nicknames, editor’s note), he said during his speech, during which the couple appeared as a family for the first time. What a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend and spouse you are, that’s why me, all your friends and everyone here love you.”
On January 20, Kirsten Dunst also posted a humorous tribute to her companion on Instagram, who supports her when her sons wake her up at 5 a.m. “two nights in a row.” Asked New York Times, the actress also mentions the hard work of her partner. “He takes everything very seriously and is deeply involved,” she says. So much so that the actress is already dreaming about her next project, which now means “her favorite actor”.
Source: Le Figaro
