Dunst Demands Asset Reduction For Spider-Man 2 Videogame

Thanks to IOL.ie for its article discussing actress Kirsten Dunst's issues in approving her videogame likeness for Activision's Spider-Man 2 game. According to the lengthy news story, "The actress was asked to give her approval for the sequel's new merchandise and had to chastise the game's saucy creators." Although the Treyarch-developed Xbox/PS2/GameCube game has been well-received, certain dimensional inaccuracies were less appreciated by Ms.Dunst, as she explains, regarding her character Mary Jane Watson: "I got to approve the video game, the way she looks. They made her boobs gigantic. I was like, 'Tone down the boobs, please!' It was a little ridiculous."

The excuse

[tomee]

"It's a bug in the program. A buffer overflow."

okay ...

[mausmalone]

If I were the developer, I would have made them bigger and bigger and bigger until she paid a visit to our offices. :P

obvious penny arcade

[karmafeed]

The penny-arcade was ragging on her late last week also. funny comic. [penny-arcade.com]

I'm so conflicted....

[frinsore]

I applaud dunst for standing up and requiring some normality in video games, especially with a character portraying herself.

But on the other hand I'm a breast man.

Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing?

[Rethcir]

I think it's gotten a little out of hand personally. Funny thing is I have heard at least two other actresses (I'm pretty sure the female lead in the recent bond game was one) make the same complaint as dunst. Speaking as a male, i'd prefer to see something a little more, er, realistic. Game modelers are a little eccentric though.

Let's just hope...

[hal2814]

...they don't make a Fight Club video game. I don't think I could handle that one guy's breasts being any bigger.

Why not cut to the chase?

[teamhasnoi]

How about a game where you *ARE* breasts? You could shoot breast milk at the bad guys (underwire bras perhaps?), get powerups to become huge and mesmerize the enemy, crush your opponents underneath with your 'bounce attack' and use your surroundings (the beach, strip bar, plastic surgeon's office) to camouflage yourself.

Enemies could include a newborn (your life force is draining!), middle school boys (the devious purple nurple!), and Fundies (...harlot! Bind those objects of Satan!)

I think the solution to this 'breast obsession' is to make all game devs watch 'Showgirls' at least 20 times. I saw it once and was sick of tits for at least 2-3 hours.

Re:Let's just hope...

[Anonymous Coward]

His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson.

Let me guess...

[Hamster Lover]

Tobey Maguire was okay with the, ahem, large package they provided him with in the game.

"Change? Yep, big change!", looking at his crotch.

Missed opportunity.

[KDR_11k]

The devs should have demanded "hands on experience" to get the proportions right.