Howard: 'I'm a huge fan of Twilight'

Bryce Dallas Howard has revealed that she was a big fan of the Twilight books before being cast in the third movie adaptation.

The actress stars in Eclipse as Victoria, replacing Rachelle Lefevre who played the role in the first two films.

Howard told Parade: "Hopefully, my performance measures up. My nightmare was that I'd undermine the incredible work Rachelle had done which I thought was beautiful and nuanced and intelligent.

"I do think I was ready to play Victoria because I'm a huge fan of the books and my friends tease me that I'm an original Twi-hard. I've done a lot of weird, otherworldly characters and I think I'm at my best when I'm kind of in the woods running around screaming or depressed."

Describing the movie, she added: "The previous films have been so much about the romance. Eclipse has romance but there's so much action, especially the showdown between the Cullens and the army of newborns and, of course, Victoria's knock-down, drag-out battle with Edward.

"I think this is a movie to which women can bring their boyfriends. It definitely is an epic action-thriller."