You'd think that virtually all anyone could talk about is the choice of shoes you wore once. Any woman in a movie in that situation would be upset. But Jurassic World 2 star Bryce Dallas Howard is still very frustrated talking about her Jurassic World heels — you know, in a movie about dinosaurs being reborn into the world through miracles. The internet thought the choice of such heels was "unrealistic" science fiction.
"I mean, it's fascinating to me that it's become such a hot topic... It's certainly unexpected, but it's not something that's boring to me at all right now," Howard said on June 22 Said just days before the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, a movie in which she (gasp!) dons heels again. "These movies are really down-to-earth, and the only leap is a scientific leap of humans and dinosaurs coexisting...I think maybe Heels seems a bit of a leap," she added with a sardonic laugh.
You know what a leap isn’t? The real-life consequences of another of Howard's Claire's decisions in the first world : taking off her high heels and walking shoeless through the jungle and the park. "I mean, is tetanus serious? Like in real life, I got tetanus," Howard said with a laugh.
Yet, three years after Jurassic World premiered, we're still talking about these damn shoes. But Howard said that while the endless shoe rack might just be a "by-product" of doing press for the sequel, she can deal with it. "I was raised by a guy who's now in his 60s and he's still called 'Opie,' so if he's not tired of that, then I'm not tired of talking about heels," she said. Laughing, referring to her father, director Ron Howard. In fact, Bryce wasn't tired: She asked to wear heels in the sequel.
"I mean, I struggled to wear heels in this movie and made sure we tracked my shoes as religiously as we tracked them to science. I think it became an element and a metaphor for my character and her journey, so I She was very depressed," she said of Claire, who, in case you forgot, started filming her first film while working in an office.
In the new movie, our girls manage to find some suitable shoes (leather adventure boots that Indiana Jones would naturally approve of) and bravely head to Nubar Island to save the dinosaurs. But once the journey begins, Claire gets to do something that Howard hopes will change fans' memories of her character: an unprecedented moment where she literally rides on the back of a T-Rex.
"I think that's what I expected," Howard said. "[The conversation] can shift from 'I'm the lady in the high heels' to 'I'm the lady riding on the back of a T-Rex.'" I love that narrative. "
Fallen Kingdom also delves into a hallmark of science fiction: the unanswerable question of how to make the best decisions when life finds a way. As Isla Nublar is destroyed and the dinosaurs are in danger, world leaders scramble to figure out what to do with the creatures created by science: Do we let them die, or do we save them? Since they are not created by nature, do they have rights? Claire finds herself vehemently defending the animals (and Jeff Goldblum's Ian Malcolm appears for 30 seconds to offer rebuttal), but the film doesn't delve the most into these complicated waters. discussion. Still, it conveys an important fact—in such a difficult debate, there is often no right answer.
"Our actions have consequences at every turn, and I think what this movie does really well is it shows that when these decisions are made because of greed, there's absolutely no right answer," Howard said. "Greed is the ultimate villain, and as long as we can make a choice that comes from human nature, it's the right choice, even if there may be consequences, but if we make a choice based on greed, it's likely to be the wrong time."
This is oddly related to what most viewers might consider a run-of-the-mill popcorn movie. But for Howard, projects beyond hers are the norm. Once Fallen Kingdom leaves theaters, the actor will shift his focus from on-screen roles to behind-the-scenes work. Next up is a film she's directing for Netflix, based on Sort of Like A Rockstar ( a book by the author of Silver Linings Playbook) . "I'm not giving up acting, I'm going to be directing full-time," Howard said, adding that it was actually Jurassic World director and screenwriter Colin Trevorrow who encouraged her to make the move.
She has several other projects in the pipeline — all of which she refuses to reveal — and will return for Jurassic World 3 , where she hopes (like the rest of us) that Laura Dern's Ellie Sattler may return in this movie. Return to the franchise. ("I just want to be friends with Laura Dern," Howard joked, and the entire Internet yelled "Same.")
So let's recap: Are you still worried about her heels?
