It’s Bryce Dallas Howard‘s world, and we’re all just living in it. While the actor and director has built a notable career cultivating and existing within other, fictional universes – including navigating an ultramodern, dino-dominated society alongside Chris Pratt in the blockbuster Jurassic World series and quietly evolving into one of the most beloved directors in the Star Wars cinematic realm (a feat in itself, considering how notoriously protective the franchise’s fans can be) – her current reality seems refreshingly normal.
Beyond balancing jobs and editing film projects, at the core, she’s a woman focused on her family – caring for her children, nurturing relationships, and, just like the rest of us, facing the inevitable December struggle of shopping for thoughtful holiday gifts for loved ones (celebrities really are just like us!). Fortunately, her new partnership with Oral-B is helping to take the stress out of gift giving this season – and not just for the actor and her family but for her fans, as well.
“I care about my family’s health even more than I care about my own health . . . and as you grow up, you learn that oral health is one of the key tenets of overall health and longevity and lifespan,” Howard explains. She continues: “Gift giving is such a huge psychological aspect of what it is to be in a relationship, and what kinds of gifts you give say so much about how you feel about someone. And so this [partnership] is a way to show your loved ones how much you love them and how much you care about them, and basically giving them the gift of longevity and a beautiful smile and a sense of confidence” – and all with the help of one of the world’s most awarded toothbrushes, no less!
We had the opportunity to chat exclusively with Howard about her new Oral-B iO collaboration, the value in giving meaningful gifts, and all of the must-have products she’d consider to be essential in her fictional “desert-island scenario” – because with her remarkable imagination, even she can manage to make the process of choosing her favorite products sound totally cinematic and otherworldly.