Caps…

I just added a few caps from Bryce’s brief appearence in ‘Parenthood’ (1989) !

Bryce is the New Girl Next Door in ‘Spider-Man 3’

The natural redhead goes blonde and reads comics to ensure an accurate performance in the new superhero film.

In the world of SPIDER-MAN comic books, Peter Parker’s first love was Gwen Stacy. Gwen met an untimely death at the hands of the Green Goblin, and at some point after that Mary Jane Watson became the love of Peter’s life. In the movies, director Sam Raimi chose not to introduce Gwen in the first film, so as not to confuse younger fans who only know that in the comics Spider-Man is married to Mary Jane. Two movies later, Raimi finally introduces Gwen Stacy played by Bryce Dallas Howard in SPIDER-MAN 3. iF MAGAZINE talked to the natural redhead about joining such a tight ensemble cast, having fun as a blonde, and dangling from a harness for weeks at a time.

iF MAGAZINE: How excited were you to join this project?

BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD: I was so excited. I’m a huge fan of this franchise. I loved the first film and I saw the second film and was completely blown away because I felt like it was better than the first, which I didn’t know was possible. I became one of those people who was going online to see what rumors about the third one were, and when I saw that they were talking about having another female character, I was all over that.

iF: When you researched Gwen in the comics, she is most famous for her death. Were you expecting to die?

HOWARD: I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, and the script did change a lot, but there was never an incarnation where that actually occurred. I have to say when I did start doing research and I found a picture of her on the Internet, I thought, ‘Are they sure they want to cast me as this character?’ because she had such a specific look and it wasn’t anything I ever saw myself doing or being able to do. There was a lot of hair meetings and make-up meetings.

iF: Do blondes really have more fun?

HOWARD: It was a lot of fun. It really was. Obviously, I feel more comfortable as a redhead because that’s what I am naturally. I got a lot of attention is grocery stores as a blonde, though. People would come up and offer help all the time. [Laughs.]

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Spider-Man 3 Interview

We had a chance to catch up with Bryce Dallas Howard and talk to her about playing Gwen Stacy in Spiderman 3. She most recently starred in the M. Night Shyamalan film Lady in the Water opposite Paul Giamatti, followed by Kenneth Branagh’s forthcoming adaptation of the Shakespeare classic “As You Like It” for HBO Films, in which she stars as Rosalind opposite Kevin Kline and Alfred Molina. Prior to that, she appeared opposite Willem Dafoe and Danny Glover in the Lars von Trier film Manderlay, the filmmaker’s follow-up to Dogville. Manderlay premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Howard made her feature film debut starring in the M. Night Shyamalan film The Village opposite Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, and Sigourney Weaver. After leaving the Tisch School of the Arts program at New York University, Howard immediately began working on the New York stage. Her stage work includes the role of Marianne in the Roundabout’s Broadway production of “Tartuffe;” Rosalind in the Public Theatre’s “As You Like It;” Sally Platt in the Manhattan Theater Club’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s “House/Garden;” and as Emily in the Bay Street Theater Festival production of “Our Town.”. Here is what she had to say:

Q: You looked great as a blonde.

Bryce: Oh, thank you. They worked very hard in the make-up trailer.

Q: Do blondes have more fun?

Bryce: Is blonde more fun? I don’t know. I was only a blonde for six months and the entire time I was working, but I had a great time working.

Q: You had to read the comic books and take the character from the pages. How hard is that with a comic book character?

Bryce: Not difficult because, primarily, this character was created in the late ‘60’s, early ‘70’s so there’s been so much analysis done since and so many, almost like thesis papers written about her, so I wasn’t only reading the comic books. I was also reading what everyone thought about her and their beliefs about her. So, I got to have a lot of information from that; their interpretations of her. What was a little tricky to navigate was, in the comic book, what she’s known as is Peter Parker’s first love and, in this franchise, she’s coming in while Peter Parker in still in a very intense, important relationship with Mary Jane. So, I wanted to make sure that, when I came in, I wasn’t acting like some kind of man-stealing tart [laughs]. I was a woman that really, potentially could have that kind of future relationship with Peter Parker. Who knows what will ultimately happen? But, that was the kind of tone that I wanted to create.

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Bryce on Jay Leno!

Thanks to Bryce Howard Online we know that Bryce is set to appear in the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 3rd! Unfortunately I can’t record it, so if anyone can, please let me know. Here are the schedules available so far for Spider-Man 3 promotions:

• April 30, 2007 – Kirsten Dunst on David Letterman
• May 1, 2007 – Tobey Maguire on Regis & Kelly
• May 2, 2007 – Kirsten Dunst on Regis & Kelly
• May 3, 2007 – Bryce Dallas Howard on Jay Leno
• May 4, 2007 – Tobey Maguire on Ellen Degeneres

edit: yesterday I added 3 stills for As You Like It to the gallery.

Scans

I have just added some great scans from Entertainment Weekly and Jane Magazine (which include the interview and a few extra images, like an alternative cover!) A HUGE thank you to who sent in some beautiful scans from Interview Magazine! Also Daniela added was a rare still from A Beautiful Mind

Today is the London premiere of Spider-Man. It’s a shame Bryce isn’t attending. I will be covering the premiere for my Job on another site … I’ll add my images from the event tomorrow.. who knows, maybe Bryce will make a surprise appearance. However, its unlikely.

More goodies to follow!

Spider-Man 3 clips

A few Spider-Man 3 clips are up here. They are very short scenes from the movie, some of you might consider them spoilers, so if you do, don’t watch them. I will add some caps to the gallery later.

Entertainment Weekly feature on Spider-Man 3

Thanks to Simply Bryce we know about an Entertainment Weekly feature on Spider-Man 3 with interviews to the cast. You can read the entire article here. It’s quite long, but worth reading it.


On Set Interview

There’s an interview to Bryce on the set of Spider-Man 3, you can watch it here.

As You Like It trailer

You can watch the trailer of Bryce’s film As You Like It here. I will make some screencaps of it and add them later to the gallery.

JANE Magazine

Thanks to Romina we learnt that Kirsten and Bryce are on the cover of JANE Magazine this month! Please if anyone is able to send us HQ scans we would much appreciate it! You can see some MQ’s over at BryceFan.com !

The shoot took place last December and was 40’s & 60’s inspired, although you’d never know it from the close-up shots in the mag. The article tag line is “Kirsten Dunst & Bryce Dallas Howard talk about being in their 20’s, dating arrogant actors & why Kirsten might soon be pregnant.” They interview each other for the piece…..

EDIT/ Credit to Nita for the scans and the text about the article & photo shoot… thank you!