Bryce Dallas Howard on the Heartbreaking Coming Out Scene in "Rocketman"
For the past few years moviegoers have seen Bryce Dallas Howard running from dinosaurs in the Jurassic World franchise, but the actress has traded prehistoric beasts for pianos.
In the Elton John biopic, Rocketman, Howard plays Elton's mother, Sheila, someone who was not always accepting of her son's sexuality. In one of the film's most heartbreaking scenes, Elton comes out to Sheila over the phone, and Howard explained to NewNowNext how she approached that scene and why she thinks it's so "tragic."
"Playing his mother, it was really important to step outside of this movie and [Elton's] perspective, and talk to people who knew Sheila," Howard recently told NewNowNext. "It was really intense, actually."
Check out NewNowNext's exclusive interview below to hear Howard, along with director Dexter Fletcher, discuss how they made the relationship between Elton and his mother so real and so heartbreaking.