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The Terminator Salvation star has joined the saga for the third instalment Eclipse after original actress Rachelle Lefevre was forced to drop out over scheduling conflicts.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, the filmmaker said: "I know we originally asked Bryce Dallas Howard to do the first movie but she thought it was too small a part at that time.
"I cast [Rachelle] so I wish they could have worked out something. I wasn't involved in the negotiations so I don't really know the inside story... Either of them would have been good. It's too bad they couldn't have an Alien thing where Rachelle pops out of [Bryce's] mouth!"
Lefevre previously claimed that she was "stunned" to have been replaced by Howard, prompting Summit Entertainment to brand her remarks "disappointing".
Production on Eclipse begins this month in Vancouver.
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