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Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen
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Rebel Wilson has revealed that she Grimsby Her co-star Sacha Baron Cohen is the previously unnamed Hollywood “moron” who is allegedly trying to stop her from writing about him in her upcoming memoir. rebel uprising.
Last week, in an Instagram post, Wilson revealed that he intended to dedicate an entire chapter of his book to “a huge jerk” he had previously worked with in Hollywood, although he did not reveal the person’s name or the project. in which they worked. together or provide more details.
“When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, ‘I have a no-assholes policy, (that) means, yeah, I don’t work with assholes.’ I was like, ‘oh yeah.’ I mean, that sounds sensible or logical,” Wilson says in a Instagram video posted on March 15.. “But then I really understood (what they, the older people in the industry) meant because I worked with a huge asshole and yeah, now I definitely have a no-asshole policy.”
Wilson added, “The chapter about said jerk is Chapter 23. That guy was a huge jerk.”
Wilson’s book rebel uprisingwill be released worldwide in hardcover, e-book, and audio on April 2. The book, published by Simon & Schuster, will follow Wilson’s “unconventional journey” to finding success in Hollywood after growing up in Australia.
Over the weekend, Wilson sent out an update on her social media and claimed that the star in question had hired a “crisis PR manager and lawyers” to “threaten” her into stopping writing about him.
“I wrote about a jerk in my book. “Now, that asshole is trying to threaten me,” Wilson said in a statement. Deleted Instagram story reported by Us weekly. “He has hired a crisis public relations manager and lawyers. He’s trying to stop the press from talking about my book. But the book will come out and you will all know the truth.”
In another Instagram story on Sunday, Wilson claimed that Baron Cohen is the actor in question, writing: “I will not be intimidated or silenced by expensive lawyers or PR crisis managers. The “asshole” I talk about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.”
Wilson and Baron Cohen worked together on the 2016 comedy. Grimsby. In the film, Wilson played the girlfriend of Baron Cohen’s character Nobby, an English soccer hooligan who becomes an elite spy. The film also starred Mark Strong, Penelope Cruz and Baron Cohen’s real-life wife, Isla Fisher.
Wilson has previously hinted at friction and disagreements over his role in Grimsby. In 2014, Australia messaging and mail newspaper reported about comments Wilson made on the radio show Kyle and Jackie O. about his time working on Louis Leterrier’s film. “Sacha is so outrageous,” Wilson said. “Every day she says, ‘Rebel, can you go naked in this scene?’ And I say, ‘No!’ Sacha and I have the same agent in the United States and I said, ‘Sacha, I’m going to call our agent Sharon and tell her how much you’re harassing me.’
Wilson adds: “Every day he says, ‘Just go naked, it’ll be fun.’ he remembers in borat When did I do that nude scene? It was hilarious.’ On the last day I thought he had obviously won the argument and he got a double to do the nude scene.”
She continued, “Then in the last scene… he said, ‘Rebel, can you stick your finger in my butt?’ And I said: ‘What do you mean Sacha? That’s not in the script. “And he said, ‘Look, I’ll pull down my pants and you’ll stick your finger in my butt, it’ll be really fun.'”
He messaging and mail reports that Wilson reached a compromise with Baron Cohen on that matter Grimsby scene, with his character slapping Baron Cohen’s character on the butt.
The Hollywood Reporter has contacted representatives for Baron Cohen for comment.
