The first-time Oscar nominee sits down for a conversation with EW’s The Awardist podcast.
Particularly, she touched on her unique prep with costarKodi Smit-McPhee, who plays her on-screen son.
“There’s a secret.
Kirsten Dunst in ‘The Power of the Dog’.
And what was the secret?
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Smiling, Dunst spills it: “I guess I could say what the secret was.
In the book, my character’s husband hangs himself and he just really fell into alcoholism.
That’s why Rose is very against drinking.
“Nobody knew,” she says.
“Jane didn’t know it.
Until recently, she’s like, ‘That didn’t happen in the book.’
I was like, ‘No, it didn’t!'”
Watch the full conversation above.The Power of the Dogis available for streaming on Netflix.
Listen to the full interview on EW’sThe Awardistpodcast below or available wherever you listen to podcasts.
