Bryce Dallas Howard ‘Very Badly’ Wants to Work with Her Filmmaker Father Ron Howard: ‘Let’s Talk, Dude’

Mar. 15, 2025

Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard attend Paley Honors on June 13, 2024 in New York City.Photo:Steven Ferdman/Getty

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Bryce Dallas Howardis eager to work with her dad!

On Friday, Dec. 6, the actress, 43, revealed during a panel atSteel City Conin Monroeville, Pa., that she has always wanted to work with her Oscar-winning filmmaker father,Ron Howard, 70, on a movie.

“When I was like 7, I was an extra, but I’ve never worked with him professionally as an actor, with dialogue and all of that,” Bryce said. “But I want to. I want to very badly. And I would always sort of harass him about it. And now I’m like, ‘Let’s talk, dude.’ "

Bryce Dallas Howard attends the ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ event on Dec. 2, 2024.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

“My childhood was going and spending time with him on set,” she recalled. “For a few reasons. One is I’m the oldest of four, and so I wanted to be on set, and so it just made it easier, one less kid for my mom to be wrangling during the day. So I was really kind of tagging along with him. And also because he was working professionally from the time he was 18 months old, and his parents were in the industry. He just thought it was normal to bring your kid to work every day.”

Bryce added that there were “rules and boundaries” on the sets, but she felt “so lucky” to have had the experience. “I remember trying on theSplashmermaid’s tail and theCocoonalien’s head,” she shared.

Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard attend the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Frazer Harrison/Getty

Frazer Harrison/Getty

Throughout his career, Ron has won Best Director and Best Picture at the 2002 Academy Awards forA Beautiful Mind,starringRussell Crowe,Ed Harris,Jennifer ConnellyandPaul Bettany.

The patriarch, whohas four kids— Bryce, Paige, Jocelyn and Reed — with wifeCheryl Howard, has a film career that spans decades, with his early work including 1984’sSplash, 1989’sParenthoodand 1995’sApollo 13. His filmography also featuresThe Da Vinci Code,Solo: A Star Wars StoryandHillbilly Elegy.

Meanwhile, Bryce found success in film and television after being cast in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 thrillerThe Village. She has since gone on to star inSpider-Man 3,The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,The Help,Black Mirror,the blockbusterJurassic Worldfilm series andArgylle.

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Like her father, she has also directed several works, includingStar Wars-related episodes ofThe Mandalorian,The Book of Boba Fettand the upcomingSkeleton Crew.She made her feature directorial debut with the2022 documentaryDads.

Inan exclusive interview with PEOPLEin March, the actress said her parents would not allow her to act at a young age, unlike her dad’s own career, which saw him landing his breakthrough role onThe Andy Griffith Showat 6 years old.

“I think if I had the chance to act younger, I would’ve taken it. But I wasn’t allowed to,” Bryce said. “My parents were very firm on that boundary, that they were not going to support anyone who wanted to be a child actor.”

source: people.com