You know her best from her work in M. Night Shyamalan flicks The Village and Lady in the Water. Blue-eyed, red-haired Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of director Ron Howard, seems more physically matched to the Mary Jane role in Spider-Man 3 than very blonde Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker's lab partner, daughter of the police chief and potential girlfriend but she pulls off blonde very well.

Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacey Credit: Sony Pictures

We met with the actress in Beverly Hills recently. She's a very recent new mom and she says she owes a lot of coaching to co-star Tobey Maguire and his fiance who had their baby three months before her. She's back to being a redhead and is getting back in shape for a new film. Bryce told us all about her baby (her dad Ron drove her to the hospital), what it's like to embody an iconic character in the Spider-Man comics mythos, doing many of her own stunts and, oh yeah, being a temporary blonde.

TeenHollywood: You looked great as a blonde.

Bryce: Oh, thank you. They worked very hard in the make-up trailer.

TeenHollywood: Do blondes have more fun?

Bryce: I don't know. I was only a blonde for six months and the entire time I was working but I had a great time working.

TeenHollywood: Gwen Stacy is such an iconic figure in the Spider-Man mythos. Did you have to read up on her? She's different in this film.