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Some people can tell if a movie is going to be good from the trailer, while some of us wait until we've seen the movie. But third-generation actor/director Bryce Dallas Howard says she can tell while she's making. She has been part of Hollywood blockbusters such as the Jurassic World franchise, the Twilight franchise, and even the original Sami Raimi/Spider-Man franchise - but has also been aboard those whose box office returns failed to match its reported budgets, such as Henry Cavill's Argylle, Matthew McConnaughey's Gold, and the break-even Lady in the Water from M. Night Shyamalan.

“You can always see it coming while you’re making it. I’ve never been shocked when something doesn’t work," Howard, a third-generation actor/director, recently told Adam White at The Independent. "But I’m just an actor – you’re there to serve a director’s vision. If a movie doesn’t turn out the way that you envisioned, you can barely feel disappointed because it’s not yours. You’re not the person who’s building the thing.”

Howard said this skill at forecasting blockbuster bombs isn't genetic, and that her father, director/actor Ron Howard, is emotionally wrecked when one of his projects fails to break even at the box office.

Howard currently has no major upcoming projects announced - otherwise we'd reach out and ask if they're going to be good or not.

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