Rebel Wilson says she was ‘laughed at and degraded’ because of size on set of Grimsby

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Rebel Wilson has stated she was “laughed at and degraded” because of her size on the set of the movie Grimsby in 2016.

The Pitch Perfect star spoke in element about working on the film, saying “it took months to recover” from the expertise, which she counts because the “worst professional experience of my career”.

Wilson performed Dawn, the girlfriend of protagonist Nobby – a soccer hooligan who turns into an elite spy, performed by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen.

“It’s one thing for someone who is fat to exploit their size for comedy, but it’s another for somebody else to humiliate you,” the 44-year-old actor informed The Sunday Times.

The Hustle star stated that whereas she has at all times made a “really conscious decision to look ugly”, she felt her costumes on set have been purposely chosen to be unflattering so viewers might “see all the cellulite on my thighs and a top to show the fattest part of my arm”.

With a no-nudity clause in her contract, a stripper was recruited to run throughout a soccer pitch bare as a substitute. However, she felt the character was being “demeaned” with individuals laughing at her, not along with her.

She was left feeling “like I was something to be laughed at and degraded because of my size”.

At the time, Wilson stated she felt unable to problem the requests for concern of being labelled a “troublemaker”.

Returning for the movie’s reshoots, she studies feeling “ashamed” and “disrespected on set” and didn’t promote the film when it was launched, and has by no means watched it to this present day.

“The fact that I then went back… I felt ashamed of myself. Why do I have such low self-worth?”

The actor left the expertise feeling “shaken”, and stated: “It took months to recover.”

She added: “I’m sharing my story now because the more women talk about things like this, hopefully the less it happens. And hopefully fewer women have to work harder just to respect themselves.”

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The Independent has contacted Grimsby film representatives for remark.

It comes shortly after she revealed the title of a “massive a**hole” that she labored with on the set of Grimsby. In social media posts, she stated she had devoted a whole chapter in her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising, to the expertise and wouldn’t be “bullied” into silence.

“I will not be bullied or silenced by high-priced lawyers or PR crisis managers,” she wrote.

“The ‘a**hole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.”

In an announcement given to The Independent, Baron Cohen’s representatives denied Wilson’s declare, stating: “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby.”