Bryce Dallas Howard first tried alcohol on the set of Gold

Bryce Dallas Howard first tasted alcohol on the set of ‘Gold’.

The 35-year-old actress – who plays the role of Kaylene in the drama film – has admitted for almost four decades she has never let a drop of liquor pass her lips until her co-star Matthew McConaughey poured her a glass of champagne without her agreeing to it whilst they were shooting scenes for the movie in 2015.

Speaking about her the accidental moment, the flame-haired beauty said: "Matthew’s going around, pops the champagne. It’s a party! He motorboats me – is that what it’s called? We’re all dancing. He comes up to me like, ‘Oh Kay baby!’ pours champagne and puts it up to my lips. And I feel a camera next to me and I smell, and I’m like, ‘Holy f**k, is this alcohol?’ I’ve gone 35 years without a sip, so I’m like ‘Mmm.’"

But the Californian star has admitted she was left paranoid afterwards and was adamant she wasn’t going to lick her lips to avoid getting drunk from the remaining droplets.

She explained: "Afterwards I’m like, ‘don’t lick your lips, don’t lick your lips."

And Bryce – who has five-year-old daughter Beatrice and nine-year-old son Theodore with her husband Seth Gabel, 35 – has admitted she never thought her career as an actress would be as successful as it has been, and she intended to be an assistant director instead.

She said: "I saw there were so many talented people; I didn’t make any assumptions that acting would work out. I thought I would have a better shot at being a first AD [assistant director]."

However, Bryce has no plans to follow in her father Ron Howard’s footsteps and quit the film industry any time soon.

She told The Times newspaper: "I don’t want to give up acting like my dad did, though. I do have a lot of energy and determination."