In the new movie "The Help," actress Bryce Dallas Howard plays Hilly, the social leader her 1960s Mississippi community and villain against Emma Stone and Viola Davis' characters Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan and Aibileen Clark.
A central plot point of the film comes from Hilly's belief that house servants of color should be forced to use a separate bathroom outside of their employer's home.
At the film's premiere in Los Angeles on August 9, Howard opened up about how uncomfortable it was for her to film certain scenes in the film that dealt with race.
"I absolutely cringe, I mean there are some scenes that I remember when I shot them I would never want to do them again because I would get into a psychology that was just so disgusting and horrible that I would never really want to go there again," the actress told George Pennacchio of KABC Television, OnTheRedCarpet.com's parent company. "When I see those scenes, yeah they're a little cringe-worthy for me."
Stone's character is an aspiring writer and college graduate who was partially raised by a black maid in 1960s. She decides to write a book from the perspective of the domestic workers in the area with the help of Aibileen -- who is the maid of Hilly's mother-- Minnie (Octavia Spencer) and their peers.
"The Help" is based on a 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett. It also stars Bryce Dallas Howard of "Twilight" fame, whose character acts snotty around the "help." The movie hits theaters on Wednesday, August 10.
""We had just such a great time filming this together," Howard added. "These characters are based on people who went through an experience, a really important experience historically, and there were moments on set where it was like, 'We're loving doing this movie, we're loving being together but man this is intense.'"
"The actress, who is the daughter of director Ron Howard, showed off her baby bump at the premiere. Howard announced she was expecting her second child with husband Seth Gabel in May. Gabel, an actor who is known for roles on "Fringe" and "United States of Tara," have a four-year-old son named Theo. The couple was married in June 2006.
"Howard played the vampire Victoria in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and has had roles in "Terminator: Salvation" and "Spider-Man 3," where she played Gwen Stacy.
"Oddly enough, her co-star Stone is set to play the role of Gwen Stacy in the reboot of the film franchise in "The Amazing Spider-Man," opposite her rumored boyfriend, "The Social Network" actor Andrew Garfield.
"Howard also said that in the film, her character's vanity was key to the part. "This was a character that was so obsessed with appearances and making appearances and seeming one way while being another," Howard said. "That was something that the hair designer and the costume designer were incredibly aware of. That she would want to seem pristine."
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