We have been following Kirsten Dunst’s career since she starred alongside Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in 1994’s Interview with a Vampire. Therefore, you would think we would know how to say her first name correctly. But it turns out we have been mispronouncing her name the whole time.
Even though it is spelled Kirsten, some people pronounce her as Kristen. Then others, like me, thought it was Kerr-sten. And that is also wrong.
So what is the correct way to say it? She told Town & Country Magazine that it is pronounced Care-sten.
What happens if you call her by the wrong name? She says, “I give up. I don’t care.”
I can’t say I blame her. After 43 years, you just get tired of correcting people. Believe me, I sympathize with her.
