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(Left to right) Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard
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Ron Howard reveals why he didn’t want his oldest daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, to be a child actress.
The director, screenwriter and actor recently said People magazine which banned Bryce from acting at a young age after having to navigate Hollywood as a child.
“Child artists may find a lot of positive things in it, but it’s riddled with landmines,” he explained. Ron played Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show at just six years old in the 1960s, and recalled that his parents had to supervise him and his brother.
He Arrested development The actor and producer added that he also shielded his children from the spotlight because he didn’t want them to be compared to his career if they followed a similar path.
“On top of everything else, because the characters I played as a kid were so well-known that they were almost iconic… I also thought, ‘Hey, if one of our kids tries to act like a kid, boy or girl, they’re going to be unfairly compared,’” Ron said, especially since The Andy Griffith Show was already “mythically significant in the history of television.”
Last month, Bryce shared with People that she would have liked to launch her acting career when she was younger, but that her parents Ron and Cheryl Howard were against it.
“My parents were very firm on that boundary, that they were not going to support anyone who wanted to be a child actor,” he previously told the outlet. He jurassic world The actress didn’t land her breakout role until 2004 with M. Night Shyamalan. The village.
However, Bryce is ultimately grateful for what her parents taught her, especially for encouraging her to find other ways to generate income.
“I’m really glad they did that because when I started acting, it took me a while to make a living,” she said. “Being able to say, ‘Oh, okay.’ In fact, I can support myself with this.’”