Kirsten Dunst is going to win an Emmy. Period.
I’ve been a forever fan of Dunst — Kiki, I call her — but Monday night’s eighth episode of FX‘s epic second season of Fargo will make you a believer.
You’ve already heard me talk about Peggy Blumquist‘s fashion here – the nutty beautician who does something very, VERY bad in the first episode – but, she’s so damn fun to watch in the latest installment of the episodic series set in Luverne, Minnesota in the late seventies, it’s hard not to dive head first into the hype (which she lives up to AND surpasses).
Here’s my reasons for why she should finally take home the gold:
1) She won a fricken Cannes…
…(which is basically France’s Oscars).
2) She’s given Academy Award winning performances for over two decades:
Before Twilight and Vampire Diaries, there was a little vamp that could. Dunst was nominated (but didn’t take home) the Golden Globe as Claudia in Interview With The Vampire.
Lux Lisbon has played out in every film auteur’s mind because Sofia Coppola brought out a young woman in Dunst back in 1999. Virgin Suicides was shot simultaneously with Bring It On, which tells you everything about her versatile range.
A sleeper in the box office – Crazy/Beautiful was exactly what the title claims: it’s crazy. And it’s beautiful. Maybe because it was distributed by MTV Movies, people treated it like Snow Day or a Hoku music video, but she will break your heart in this film.
It’s hard to imagine sympathizing with the Paris Hilton of France at a time when the people were starving, but Dunst as Marie Antoinette was a real charmer in a full range of emotional distress.
You would think with the combo of Lars Von Trier, science fiction, Denmark, and Dunst would be enough to hit a home run, but it snoozed even on streaming sites. Her portrayal as Justine – a Daria-like woman – is doomed by the world ending an a apocalyptic performance. (That won her, her Canne).
3) She (slayed) was in all your favorite 90’s movies:
Don’t act like you didn’t hide this two-day rental from your parents at Blockbuster (so they would inevitably have to buy it) and memorize all the routines when you were 14. Because that’s how mine played out.
We all love Dick.
Shakespeare, Carmen Electra, Sisqo, and Kiki…what’s not to love?
Get Over It will make you not get over how adorable this high school musical was.
Before Emma Stone and Joss Whedon‘s “Superhero” movie makeover, Dunst was the OG Marvel woman as Mary-Jane Watson in Spider-Man.
4) Her #SquadGoals are cute AF:
I love everyone in this pic and I think it’s adorable that she’s become baes with Lizzy Caplan aka Janis Ian.
She’s like, best friends with Rodarte.
After Drop Dead Gorgeous, the late-Brittany Murphy claimed that Dunst was her best friend:
When she dated Jake, this friendship made me mad jealous growing up.
5) Her swag is always on point.
6) She rocked the pixie WAY before JLaw and everyone else.
7) When fighting anti-Semitism, her facial reaction game is next level.
8) THIS moment:
9) Peggy Blumquist goes full-on Amber Atkins and Kathy Bate’s Misery in the latest episode of Fargo.
It’s brilliant how Peggy can stab a guy twice without feeling bad, but is totally modest and turns away when he needs to use the bathroom. Self-diagonised as “fully actualized,” she steals the entire season in this latest storytelling complete with a full-on David Lynch-esque diatribe where she talks to herself about “being the best me, she can be.”
If Peggy doesn’t die, can she please get a spin off?!
Carving a name for herself with zero famous family members, she’s proven herself over three decades with timeless characters (Peggy, maybe being her most iconic). It’s time to give her the gold.
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