KIRSTEN DUNST

The actress, 35, known for her roles in The Virgin Suicides, the Spider-Man franchise and

Hidden Figures, stars in The

Beguiled (June 23) as teacher Edwina Dabney in a Southern all-girls school during the Civil War. When a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell) is rescued, jealousy and rivalry erupt.

It sounds like things get pretty heated in The Beguiled. We bring this soldier into our house and he manipulates all of us. It’s Southern gothic and suspense.

Do you think the dynamics of the women of that era were different?

Their circumstances make the whole situation more heightened; they physically can’t leave. There is an element of constant danger; they’re hearing bombs in the distance.

The previous season of TV’s Fargo

brought you an Emmy nomination and a fiancé [co-star Jesse Plemons]. Do you have wedding plans? Yeah, [but] I’m someone who wants to keep it very intimate. That’s the one word your mother doesn’t want to hear, but that’s all I want to say.

Along the lines of Fargo—is there possibly more TV in your future?

There’s a TV show in development for AMC that I’m starring in that, hopefully, we’ll shoot in the fall. It’s called On Becoming a God in Central Florida. George Clooney’s company is producing it.