Don’t let her serene energy and stunning looks fool you — Bryce Dallas Howard knows how to go for the jugular. “I had to get in touch with my animal instincts,” says the 29-year-old actress about taking over the pivotal role of Victoria, the villainous vampire out for heroine Bella’s blood in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. “At one point, I was actually working out in my head, ‘How would you physically suck blood from someone’s neck? Would you take a breath first? Would you open up your throat to drink?’” Before heading to the theater on June 30 to see exactly how Victoria goes about hunting her prey this time, get to know the actress who brings her to life. Here, Howard — photographed exclusively for LIFE by editor-at-large Jeff Vespa — opens up about stepping into the high-profile franchise, branching out into other aspects of Hollywood (just like her famous dad, Ron), and becoming very good at playing bad.

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I have several gallery updates for you guys. Several new candids of Bryce along with Jessica Alba and Eve Mendes. Then Stella Magazine and New York Minute magazine.

Hanging with Jessica Alba and Eva Mendes – June 21st

Stella Magazine – June 2010

New York Moves – Summer Issue

I missed this appearance. Bryce made an appearance on June 24th promoting Eclipse.

With only one week to prepare for your role, how did you get up to speed on the franchise so quickly?
”I had already read all the books and I had seen Twilight, like, four or five times in the theater. One of my closest friends even made me a stack of Post-it notes for my birthday with Robert Pattinson’s face on it, because he knows how obsessed I am with Edward Cullen. I love him.”

It’s the moment all you fans have been waiting for, the premiere for Eclipse. This pretty much is the final stop before the movie is released and we are excited to share the images of Bryce. She looks stunning!

In “Eclipse,” Bryce Dallas Howard may play villainous vampire Victoria – but when it comes to dessert, the star says she’s more like a wolf.

“Indulge every now and then. It’s good for the spirit! I literally wolfed down three pieces of chocolate cake in celebration of my brother’s graduation an hour ago,” she told the July issue of SELF Magazine. “Tomorrow I will be better behaved, but I don’t regret a single bite!”

However, the svelte star said filming “Eclipse” helped her kick up her fitness routine.

“Everyone got quite fit during ‘Eclipse,’” she said, adding that the tough part was keeping it up after. “One method that I am beginning right now that I love is a ‘group fitness club’… we have created a system of group rewards… and group penalties if one of us slacks off.”

Having friends involved keeps her from taking it easy, she added.

“I realized that in regards to fitness it is often so much easier to let myself down than to let someone I love down,” Bryce said.

Beyond the gym, the actress also shared some of her beauty tips with the mag.

“I really feel like a good haircut is critical. I will spend money on a good cut, just so that I only need to get my hair cut twice a year, because if it is good — it will grow out beautifully,” Bryce said. “I also drink tons of water, and try to dry brush my skin before showering – it’s detoxifying. And Elizabeth Arden hour 8 hour cream as a lip gloss is fantastic.”

She’ll put her good looks to evil use in “Eclipse,” due June 30, as Victoria, a vampire out for revenge against Bella (Kristen Stewart).

“I had read all the books before I saw ‘Twilight,’” she said. (Rachelle Lefevre played the role in “Twilight” and “New Moon” before Bryce stepped in.) “So I am what could be described as a ‘Twi-hard.’ I found the character of Victoria to be quite complex. On the one hand she is of course, a blood-thirsty vampire, but on the other she is a grieving widow, seeking vengeance. Both of those traits lend themselves to a pretty dangerous creature, which I must admit was very fun to play!”

Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays the evil vampire Victoria in the third Twilight movie, Eclipse, says she and her co-stars trained with running specialists to ensure the action sequences looked best on film.

“I arrived in Vancouver and they put me on a treadmill,” she joked. “Actually, they had trainers for us that specialized in running, in helping us just get as fast as possible with the least amount of effort so that we could do the takes over and over and over again.”

“And then they created contraptions and whatnot to make it appear as if we were running not seven miles an hour but rather 45 miles an hour, which was very cool,” Howard, daughter of director and former child star Ron Howard, told George Pennacchio of KABC Television, OnTheRedCarpet.com’s parent company.

I have images from the Eclipse press conference. Also,The Twilight Saga: Eclipse cast make an appearance on ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ held at the Kimmel theatre yesterday. Enjoy guys! Bryce looks stunning in both events.

“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” Press Conference

Talk Shows > Jimmy Kimmel (June 14, 2010)

This past weekend, the cast from Twilight appeared at the LA Twilight Tour. Here are pictures of Bryce and Xavier during a Q and A session.

Extra TV caught up with the stars of Twilight during the convention this past weekend. There is several photoshoot pictures of the cast in a photobooth. Bryce was photographed with Xavier and Dakota.