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Bryce Dallas Howard is spilling even more secrets from her time filming Jurassic World Dominion. In a recent interview with Metro, the actress revealed that she was asked to lose weight for her role as Clair Dearing. But, when the conversation about her weight “came up again” while filming Jurassic World Domination, Colin Trevorrow stepped in. The director reportedly shut down the ridiculous demands.
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“How do I say this, I’ve been asked to not use my natural body in cinema,” Howard stated. “And in 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 because the conversation came up again, ‘We need to ask Bryce to lose weight.’ “
“Colin 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,'” she added. “I got to do so many stunts that wouldn’t have been possible if I had been dieting.”
Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World Dominion
She continued, “I’m really thrilled [by] all the action I got to do, and I gotta do it with my body, she was at her maximum strength, and I hope it is just yet another indication of what’s possible.”
The 41-year-old was joined in the interview by her co-star DeWanda Wise. Wise also said there was also a conversation on the Jurassic set about her character, Kayla Watts.
“It’s always something,” Wise noted. “There was a lot of resistance to Kayla having muscle, to what it means to be a woman, look like a woman. It’s just every side, it’s relentless and impossible.”
Howard’s comments come after she spoke about her experience on set for the films, especially as a woman. Early this year the actress revealed she was paid “so much less” than co-star Chris Pratt through the movies. She did note that Pratt stood by her side. He quickly insisted they both be paid equally for anything that wasn’t initially included in the negotiated contracts.
