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00:00The Spider-Man kiss met the fantasies of thousands of shy comic book readers across the world.
00:05Dangling the dream of successfully charming a girl without having to make normal chit-chat or even fully showing your face.
00:15But, romance is rarely easy. In fact, sometimes romance is freezing cold, hugely uncomfortable and water runs up your nose.
00:24Or at least that's what happened when Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire filmed this kiss.
00:28There's a lot going on. The directors took the theme of kissing in the rain and turned it on its head.
00:34Adding the element of a man popping into scene from above.
00:37A stroke of genius from Doug Leffler that was inspired by his own previous work on Hercules.
00:42They knew it was going to be a big deal. Dunst says she realised how important the directors thought the kiss should be
00:48when Sam Raimi gave her a book filled with famous movie kisses for inspiration.
00:52This scene took two days to film and it was an ordeal for both actors.
00:57Particularly for Tobey, who spent roughly a total of 10 hours hanging upside down.
01:02Rain was pouring up my nose and then she was kissing me and I couldn't breathe out of my mouth and I had to hold my breath while I was kissing her.
01:10Think less passionate snog, more sucking in as much oxygen as possible from the corners of someone else's mouth.
01:16It was almost like I was resuscitating him.
01:18But you could say that all that time spent freezing under sprinklers gasping for air paid off.
01:23This movie exploded earning 821 million at the global box office.
01:28And everyone remembers that scene which won a VMA for best kiss.
01:32It's an unforgettable film trope that's been copied by Shrek 2, Chrissy Teigen with John Legend, The Simpsons
01:38and more recently Swifties spotted a nod to it in Taylor Swift's All Too Well music video.
01:43Which they think references Tay Tay's ex, Jake Gyllenhaal.
01:47Who used to date Kirsten Dunst, who kissed Spider-Man.
01:51That's quite the web of relationships.
01:53However, it was probably when Seth hung upside down and kissed Summer in the O.C.
01:58that the Spider-Man kiss had it's most heartwarming throwback.
02:01This kiss is so widely adored that it has it's own WikiHow page.
02:05Complete with health warnings.
02:07Don't do this if you have high blood pressure.