Kirsten Dunst Says ‘Everyone’ Has Gotten Her Name Wrong For Decades: ‘I Give Up’

Kirsten Dunst arrives for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 5, 2025. Kirsten Dunst just corrected your pronunciation of her name. Since 1989, the Oscar nominee has been steadily captivating audiences with every role. But in a recent interview with Town & Country, the actor was asked how to properly say her name – and revealed that people often fumble it.“I mean, everyone messes up my name, so I give up,” she admitted. Despite the frequent mispronunciations, Kirsten said she doesn’t hold it against anyone. She shared that she answers to a full squad of names, from “Kristen” to various versions of “Kirsten”, but isn’t in the business of “blaming people”. The Bring It On actor went on to share a behind-the-scenes anecdote from across the pond, where her first name is often said wrong.“In England, they don’t really say my name right,” she said. “On the last set, everyone was saying my name wrong, but there were Swedish people, people from Hungary. You just give up.”When the star was asked how to properly pronounce her name, she revealed: “Kyeer-sten.”She also shared that she’d rather attend dinner than watch herself in her own films.“I often do the [red] carpet, and then go to dinner while everyone’s watching the movie, and then come back,” she said.MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:Emma Stone Says It Would Be ‘Nice’ If People Would ‘Just Call Me’ By Her Real NameAnne Hathaway Says We're All Saying Her Name WrongPaul Mescal Uses His Saturday Night Live Promo To Remind The World How To Pronounce His Name

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