

“That sort of tagging-along vibe, I can't shake it. Night Shyamalan’s twisty 2004 period thriller “The Village.” For months before filming started, she’d drive out to his Pennsylvania farm and production office and hang out all day “watching the storyboarding process, seeing how he was developing the creatures, watching the cast tapes,” Howard recalls. After small parts in her father's films "Parenthood," "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind," Howard scored her first lead role playing a blind girl in M.

That mindset carried over to her acting career. “My parents knew the most effective punishment for me was to say, ‘If you talk back to us or something, then you're not going to be allowed to go to set.’ ” “I liked it most out of all the kids,” says Howard, the oldest of four. Her dad is no stranger to that universe – Howard shadowed him when he was directing “Solo: A Star Wars Story” – and it was time spent on her father’s sets as a child where an interest in filmmaking first blossomed. 'Jurassic Park: Dominion': Bryce Dallas Howard shows off 'crazy sick' bruises from stunt work

I have pinched myself so many times, you have no idea.”

When asked whether making her own “Star Wars” film is a goal, Howard responds like a wise 41-year-old Jedi: “If I've learned anything from ‘Star Wars,’ it's very important to practice non-attachment,” Howard says, adding that her galactic work has been “a dream come true. She helmed the Apple TV+ documentary “Dads” (which featured her dad and late grandfather Rance) and has won over hard-to-please “Star Wars” fans directing an episode in each of the two seasons of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian” (with another set for the upcoming third season), plus a chapter of “The Book of Boba Fett.”
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“I’m a redhead,” Howard says, “so the colors of my bruises are very fluorescent and unusual, I guess.”Īnd in the movie business, she’s making her mark by taking after her Oscar-winning father, Ron Howard, starting as an actor and then building a promising resume as a director. In the end, Howard performed her scenes in a chair on a soundstage but still got banged up enough that co-star Chris Pratt begged her to post on Twitter the aftermath pictures taken by a makeup artist. Review: Dino delight 'Jurassic World Dominion' is the best since the first 'Jurassic Park' For the plane stunt, director Colin Trevorrow asked whether she wanted to do it for real, Cruise style, “and thank God, insurance came to the rescue,” Howard quips. In the new sci-fi action adventure “Jurassic World Dominion” (in theaters now), Howard’s character, Claire Dearing – who has evolved from theme park manager in heels to dino-saving hero in sensible footwear over three "Jurassic World" films – navigates a rooftop chase, hides underwater from a gigantic beast and parachutes out of a plane, then is attacked by a deadly winged Quetzalcoatlus. “I want be able to do as much as possible that is never going to slow production down, but my rule is that insurance has to cover it,” Howard says, adding one of her frequent and infectious laughs that delightfully pepper an interview. She also loves stunt work, although Howard is not yet ready to become the next Tom Cruise. Watch Video: Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum reunite on 'Jurassic World Dominion' setīryce Dallas Howard lives a fairly awesome Hollywood life, sharing the screen with hungry dinosaurs and telling the Mandalorian and Baby Yoda what to do while sitting in a director’s chair.
