Bryce Dallas Howard can’t wait to work with his dad!
On Friday, Dec. 6, the 43-year-old actress revealed during a panel at Steel City Con in Monroeville, Pa., that she had always wanted to work with her father, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, 70, on a film.
“When I was about 7 years old, I was an extra, but I never worked with him professionally as an actor, with dialogue and all that,” Bryce said. “But I want to. I really really want to. And I would always bully him about it. And now I’m like, ‘Let’s talk, dude.’ ”
Bryce Dallas Howard attends the ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ event on December 2, 2024.
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On the panel, moderated by Michael “Zombo” Devine, Bryce reflected on growing up on her father’s film sets, saying it “was really my childhood.”
“My childhood was going and spending time with him on set,” she recalled. “For several reasons. One is that I’m the oldest of four, so I wanted to be on set, so it was easier for me. One less child to fight with during the day. And because he’s been working professionally since he was 18 months old, and his parents were in the industry thought it was normal to take your child to work every day.”
Bryce added that there are “rules and boundaries” on set, but she felt “so lucky” to have had the experience. “I remember trying Splash mermaid’s tail and Larvae alien head,” she shared.
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Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
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Bryce Dallas Howard supports dad Ron Howard as he receives an award at the 2024 Paley Honors.
During his career, Ron won Best Director and Best Picture at the 2002 Academy Awards. beautiful mind, starring Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany.
The patriarch, who has four children – Bryce, Paige, Jocelyn and Reed – with wife Cheryl Howard, has a film career spanning decades, with his early work including the 1984 film Splashin 1989 Parenthood and in 1995 Apollo 13. His filmography also contains The Da Vinci Code, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Mountain elegy.
Meanwhile, Bryce found success in film and television after landing a role in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 thriller. Village. Since then she started acting Spider-Man 3, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Help, black mirror, a success story Jurassic World film series and Argyll.
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Like her father, she has also directed several works including Star Wars-related episodes The Mandalorian, The Boba Fett book and upcoming ones Skeleton Crew. She made her feature directorial debut with the documentary film from 2022 dad.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in March, the actress said her parents wouldn’t have allowed her to act at a young age, unlike her father’s career, which led to his breakthrough role on The Andy Griffith Show at the age of 6.
“I think I would have used her if I had the chance to play younger. But I wasn’t allowed to,” Bryce said. “My parents were very firm about that line, that they wouldn’t support anyone who wanted to be a child actor.”
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