Overview

• James, 4, fell seriously ill earlier this year while Dunst was filming Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down in Budapest.
• The family had relocated for the six-month shoot, renting a home and enrolling older son Ennis, 7, in a local school before plans shifted.
• Jesse Plemons took both children back to Los Angeles to be near extended support, while Dunst remained on set and made a brief visit home in April.
• Dunst withheld medical specifics but said “everyone is fine now,” adding the ordeal brought the family closer.
• Honoring James’s request, they planned a Bahamas trip; Dunst described her worry as like the “Final Destination” concept of imagining worst-case scenarios.