Coat by Burberry Prorsum; dress (part of gown) by Valentino; boots by Brian Atwood
“If I wasn’t comfortable and in a relationship I’d be THINNER. But I don’t CRITICIZE myself more than is
HEALTHY”
breakfasts, I’ll come here, eat a lot of bangers and mash,” she chuckles, “and drink Guinness.”
These lazy summer months in the UK (where Hedlund is currently filming Joe Wright’s Pan) are a welcome relief to Dunst, who has starred in eight
films in the past four years, including Lars von Trier’s critically acclaimed Melancholia, On the Road, Bachelorette and The Two Faces of
January. Dunst is one of the few Hollywood actresses consistently referred to in terms of her work, despite her film choices becoming less and less ‘safe’. “Which is
good to hear,” she says through a mouthful of watermelon (all she has room for after last night’s pizza extravaganza), “although you forget that not everyone goes to
see independent films. The other day this guy said to me: ‘Were you in the Spiderman movies?’ When I said yeah, he asked: ‘Do
you make movies anymore?’ For most people, if you’re not in mainstream cinema, it’s like you’ve vanished.”
Most actresses would feel alarmed by such an encounter, but Dunst has never felt the need to bolster her career by publicizing herself or her
relationships. Throughout her adult life, the paparazzi have been only too willing to do that for her. But if street snaps of Dunst with ex-boyfriends Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, Razorlight
frontman Johnny Borrell or Hedlund – whom she met while filming On The Road in 2012 and has been discreetly dating since – tell us anything, it’s that this is a
woman who lives, dresses and behaves according to her own desires. “Sometimes when I leave the house I’ll think, ‘Wait – what if you get photographed?
You’re going to be bummed,’” she laughs. “But I just can’t be bothered to pick out an outfit. Look,”
she