“I never owned [the rights], so it went away for me.
It went to other hands,” Dunsttold EWof the planned film.
“That’s not in my hands anymore.”
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Maybe when I’m older I’ll want to again.
Right now, I have zero interest in committing myself to that."
Dunst previously helmed two short films: 2007’sWelcomeand 2010’sBastard.
Plath’s only novel was written just before she died by suicide in 1963.
On Becoming a God in Central Floridapremieres Sunday, Aug. 25 at 10 p.m. on Showtime.
Check out EW’s full preview with Dunsthere.
