Bryce Dallas Howard had "a really big crush" on Colin Hanks

During an appearance on the Podcrushed podcast, she explained: "We all [the family] moved out to Los Angeles for that [ Apollo 13]. I was raised mostly in New York, and I got to be on set as an intern, basically ...

"Colin Hanks was on set as a PA. He was 16, and he was working his butt off. He was working really, really, really, really hard.

"And they sort of assigned me to him, and I had had a crush on Colin for so long. Like my whole life. My whole life ...

"Just any time that I encountered him, I was like: 'Oh my God. Now that's a man'."

Bryce added she had "no chance, no shot" with Colin and her director dad knew all about her crush.

She said: "My dad knew for sure. For sure. I don't think his dad [Tom Hanks] knew, and I don't think he [Colin Hanks] knew. My dad totally knew ...

"Colin, he was a really big crush. A really, really, really big crush."

Bryce revealed she was also obsessed with actor Joaquin Phoenix when she was a child and later got a shock when she was cast as his love interest in 2004 film The Village.

She said: "I had the biggest crush on Joaquin Phoenix when I was seven years old, and he was Leaf Phoenix, and he was in [1989 movie] Parenthood.

"And it was insane being like: 'Oh, you want me to play a character who's been in love with this guy, like, her whole life? Sure'."

Bryce went on to reveal she had her first kiss at a performing arts summer camp, saying of the experience but didn't start dating properly until she was 18.

She said of her first kiss: "That was a lovely scenario. Didn't ultimately work out, not because of anything other than he's gay. So it was lovely. Everything was great, honestly."

A year after Bryce started dating, she met Seth Gabel, who she married in 2006.