Bryce Dallas Howard Talks Directing ‘Skeleton Crew’ and Potential ‘Star Wars’ Film
Bryce Dallas Howard has spoken some more about what it was like directing an episode of Skeleton Crew and also admitted that, yes, she would like to direct a Star Wars film one day.
In an interview with Collider, she was asked about her experience on the Skeleton Crew set. The actor-director revealed that Jon Favreau was involved on set to a surprising degree, which might be a big indicator at just how integrated this story is with the “Mandoverse”.
“Yeah, no it is very, very, very exciting because kind of the infrastructure that Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have built is allowing for this kind of broadening and truly […] Jon Favreau in particular because he had the relationship with Jon Watts through Spider-Man because Jon Watts directed all the Tom Holland Spider-Mans.
“He kind of knew how great Jon Watts was and really entrusted him with this, but it was wonderful because Jon Favreau was there every single day. I didn’t expect that. I didn’t expect for Jon Favreau to be there every day, not on his own set, technically.
Bryce Dallas Howard also mentioned that there were a lot of practical effects in use in the series, with stop-motion expert Phil Tippett (responsible for the beloved stop-motion effects in the original Star Wars trilogy) brought in to assist.
“So there is a cohesiveness to the storytelling with Ahsoka, with Skeleton Crew, with Mandalorian, with Boba Fett. That is wonderful, and because of that, it’s not the wheel every single time. And so there are able to be these moments where, you know, I mean, Jon has been bringing Phil Tippett in since the absolute beginning. I mean, he helped design The Purge in my episode for Boba Fett. And so just getting to do that more and more and more has been really remarkable.”
Finally, Collider asked Bryce Dallas Howard whether or not she’d be interested in directing a Star Wars film, and of course she said yes. She diplomatically explained that while she’d love to direct a film one day, she’s having a lot of fun coming into these Disney Plus series and executing someone else’s vision, rather than developing her own. However, she then said she would “absolutely love” to direct her own movie or her own Disney Plus series.
“Well, I wish! So, what I’ll say is that I’m doing an episode of Skeleton Crew , which I’m super excited about. I went to college with Jon Watts and his writing partner in this, Chris Ford. And so, that was very exciting and getting to do that.
“And I love…again, for the children in the audience, I’ll be mindful. I sometimes characterize myself in a professional sense as a dominant-submissive. What that means is that I’m very happy to go and play in someone else’s sandbox and be part of a team and to kind of be a vessel for someone else’s vision and try to kind of execute their vision with great enthusiasm as if it was my own. And then I also really love to work with a team and be kind of team captain. I enjoy that, I have strength in that area. I love filmmaking. I love directing. And so, I would absolutely love to direct a Star Wars film. I would absolutely love to have a Star Wars show.”
Bryce Dallas Howard has a pretty good record with her Star Wars directing so far — her episode on The Mandalorian season 3 was panned by many, but it was well made even if the story was lacking — so it’s always great to see her return to our galaxy far, far away.
It’s also great to get more detail on Skeleton Crew, a series on which we know frustratingly little about considering it’s coming out this year (aside from a collectible leak last month). Hopefully it won’t be too long before we get to see some of it in a trailer.
Josh is a huge Star Wars fan, who has spent far too much time wondering if any Star Wars character could defeat Thanos with all the Infinity Stones.
