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Bryce Dallas Howard Recalls Lars Von Trier Trying To Rile Her Up For ‘Manderlay’ Scene By Insulting Her Father: “I Was Sort Of Delighted By It”

Bryce Dallas Howard recalled the controversial filmmaker Lars von Trier tried to rile her up for a scene in 'Manderlay' by insulting her father.

One such anecdote that was perhaps less glamorous was an interaction with the Melancholia director on the set of Manderlay, a credit which came early on in the Jurassic World star’s career. Upon arriving to the set of the Danish director’s film, she remembered “he started insulting me: ‘Your father’s a terrible filmmaker.’ I went, ‘Lars, what are you trying to see?’ and he said, ‘Your angry face. In 2005’s Manderlay, which also stars Willem Dafoe and Danny Glover, a woman and her father discover a plantation in rural Alabama circa the 1930s that is still operating under the conditions of slavery.

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