Bryce Dallas Howard Opens Up About Film Execs' Requests to Lose Weight
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And what she hopes the end result means for female representation.
Bryce Dallas Howard is opening up about being asked to lose weight for the Jurassic World movie franchise.
According to a new Metro interview with Howard, 41, unnamed executives from the franchise requested she lose weight leading into the latest installment, Jurassic World: Dominion.
"[I've] been asked to not use my natural body in cinema," Howard told the outlet, hinting that it isn't the first time her weight has been an issue on a film set. "The conversation came up again, 'We need to ask Bryce to lose weight,'" she recalled of filming the latest Jurassic World movie.
"On the third movie, it was actually because there were so many women cast, it was something that Colin felt very strongly about in terms of protecting me," she said, thankful that the film's director, Colin Trevorrow, had her back.
"He was like, 'There are lots of different kinds of women on this planet and there are lots of different kinds of women in our film,' and I got to do so many stunts that wouldn't have been possible if I had been dieting," she added.
"So I'm really thrilled [with] all the action I got to do. I got to do it with my body," Howard continued, celebrating that her character, Claire Dearing, "was at her maximum strength" in the film.
"I hope it is just yet another indication of what's possible," the Twilight alum added.
Howard's costar, DeWanda Wise—who joined the cast as Kayla Watts—also chimed in during the interview, where she spoke about the difficulties women often have to face while working in Hollywood.
"It's always something," Wise, 38, stated, noting that there were questions over her character's physical appearance as well.
"There was a lot of resistance to Kayla having muscle, what it means to be a woman, look like a woman. It's just every side, it's relentless and impossible."
Howard spoke back up. "There's so many of us! Actually we're half of the population," she said. "And in this movie, there were more women than men. These are numbers and scenarios [that are] at this point uncommon still."
Wise was also excited about the film's representation of women as real human beings who "aren't perfect."
"There's a story there, a sense you can be heroic even if you don't feel heroic," Howard continued. "I'm interested in the future of action and blockbusters really allowing women to be the entire human beings that we are."
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