Los Angeles, June 22 – It was practically a superheroes’ convention at Mann’s Village Theater, with Batman Val Kilmer, vampire slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar and Spider-Man Tobey Maguire all at the Spider-Man 2 premiere. Maguire and Willem Dafoe seemed really happy to see each other, and managed a big hug before Maguire returned to his usual saturnine state. Kirsten Dunst told us that she was excited, and not too nervous to see the new flick in front of an audience. Dunst added that she was glad that her boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal, wasn’t cast as Spider-Man because it would’ve been hard on their relationship. When fans shouted, “We love you Rachael!” to Josie and the Pussycats’ Rachael Leigh Cook, her boyfriend, Spidey 2 costar Daniel Gillies, yelled back, “No, I love her more than you do!” More sickening than spiders.

Photos by Jen Lowery