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The actress played Claire Dearing for her third and (likely) final time oppositeChris Prattin this year’sJurassic World Dominion, which now has a beefed-up extended version available to own featuring 14 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
Howard, 41, tells PEOPLE that, as far as she’s been made aware, “this is really the end for me” in theJurassicuniverse — and she’s “feeling sad” about it.
“It’s really sad! But,” she says, “it’s also not actually sad, because such a wonderful thing happened and I’m so happy these movies have been successful for the studio. I absolutely adore everyone that I’ve gotten to work with, and we are going to be family for life. What more could you ask in life from anything? So the sadness can’t stay for too long.”
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Her character has come a long way since sprinting away from a T.rex in the 2015 original, which launched the sequel trilogy to the 1993 classicJurassic Park. In the latest outing, she and Pratt team up with the original trio, Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, for yet another dinosaur-filled adventure.
Howard recalls how she and her costars were “such a wreck” their last day together on set.
“We were such a mess. That’s one of the things that’s so cool about the behind-the-scenes footage that you get to watch on the Blu-Ray because it brought all of that back for me. I was watching it last night and my husband called at one point and my son picked up and was like, ‘Mom’s crying. We’re watching the behind-the-scenes,’ " she says with a laugh. “I felt like I was there, and in particular there for that last day. It was very profound.”
Howard said the flight home, alongside costar BD Wong, included nonstop tears.
Adds Howard, “I know as a fan what I want to see moving forward, and I hope it comes to fruition, I really do.”
Jurassic World DominionExtended Edition, featuring never-before-seen footage, is available to own on digital, 4K UHD and Blu-ray.
source: people.com
