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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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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!

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.


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!