Bryce Dallas Howard revealed that the executives behind the “Jurassic World” trilogy had issues with her body and weight.
“How do I say this… [I’ve] asked not to use my natural body in the cinema,” the actress, who played Claire Dearing in the film, told Metro in an article published Thursday.
The actress, who did her own stunts in the films, added that it was director Colin Trevorrow who stood up for her.
“And on the third movie, it was basically because so many women were cast, it was something Colin was really strong about in terms of protecting me…because the conversation came up again, ‘We need to ask Bryce to finish. fall. ‘”
She continued: “He said, ‘There are many different kinds of women on this planet and there are many different kinds of women in our movie’ and I had to do so many stunts that wouldn’t have been possible if I had been on a diet.”
The ‘Help’ star, 44, commented that she was ‘excited’ to be able to do stunts with her body at ‘maximum strength’ and hopes it will encourage other directors to focus less on women’s weight and more. on their skills.
Howard stars in the star-studded film alongside DeWanda Wise, Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill.
Wise, who was also in the interview, agreed with her co-star and talked about the pressure she felt to change her body while playing Kayla Watts in the science fiction film.
“It’s always something,” Wise, 38, told the outlet. “There was a lot of resistance to Kayla having muscles, to what it means to be a woman, to look like a woman. It’s just every side, it’s relentless and impossible.”
While the actresses say there were “more women than men” in the film, Howard says it’s still “unusual” to see sets with that kind of diversity.
The actress-turned-director previously hinted at the pressure she faced to lose weight for her role in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” five years ago.
“I’m training a lot for it because I gained 35 pounds for ‘Black Mirror’,” she told us in 2017. “So I’m getting ready to get a little more athletic.”
Howard had arrived for the iconic Netflix series to play a woman struggling with an eating disorder.