Rebel Wilson has claimed her alleged experience with Sacha Baron Cohen gave her an eating disorder in her explosive new memoir.
The Australian actress, 44, made shocking claims about her experience with ‘douchebag’ comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in her memoir, Rebel Rising.
He alleged that on the set of the 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby, Sacha asked him to strip for scenes despite his “no nudity” rule, in a series of claims that Sacha has strenuously denied and, he says, contradict the evidence.
In a passage of memoirs obtained by People Magazineshockingly alleged that Sacha asked him to “stick his finger up her ass” because he thought it would be a funny scene in the movie and claimed that he “felt like (he) had sexually harassed me.”
Rebel also claimed that her alleged inappropriate experience with the Borat actor gave her an eating disorder and detailed the “lack of respect” she felt.
Rebel Wilson has claimed her alleged experience with Sacha Baron Cohen gave her an eating disorder in her explosive new memoir.
The Pitch Perfect star recalled how she felt “completely disrespected, which led me to treat myself with even more disrespect by eating in an extremely unhealthy way.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sacha’s representative for further comment.
Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the 2016 Louis Leterrier-directed film and has made a number of accusations about her uncomfortable experience during filming.
Rebel claimed that during filming, Sacha repeatedly “mentioned that he wanted me to be naked in a future scene”, which she claimed was “in no way essential” to the film’s plot.
In her book, which was published in the US on Tuesday, she wrote: “I felt like every time I spoke to SBC, he mentioned that he wanted me to appear naked in a future scene.” I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.’
In her memoir Rebel Rising, the Australian actress, 44, made shocking claims about her experience filming The Brothers Grimsby with ‘douchebag’ comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Rebel claimed that she was allegedly summoned by a product assistant for an additional scene while filming in Cape Town, South Africa.
Rebel was like, “Okay, let’s film this extra scene,” SBC says. “Then he pulls down his pants,” SBC says matter-of-factly, “Okay, now I want you to stick your finger in my ass.” And I say, ‘What?’ … No!!”
Rebel claimed she was in shock and wanted to get out of there, adding: “Now I was scared.” She wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped her on the butt and improvised some lines as the character.’
The Bridesmaids actress also claimed that she only agreed to a sex scene with Sacha after several rewrites and recalled telling producers that she would not promote the film before its release.
However, newly surfaced footage of the sex scene in the 2016 film appears to show that the action was part of the script and that the actress was okay with the scene.
Surprisingly, she alleged that Sacha asked her to “stick her finger up his ass” because he thought it would be a funny scene in the movie, as she claimed that she “felt like (he) had sexually harassed me.”
In her memoir, Rebel (pictured in 2016) also claimed that her alleged inappropriate experience with the Borat actor gave her an eating disorder and detailed the “lack of respect” she felt.
Several never-before-seen clips from the film that didn’t make it into the final cut were obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com and show the characters Rebel and Sarah using a cell phone to film themselves getting intimate.
In the clips, Rebel can be heard discussing the scene on camera, but out of character, telling Sacha, “I’ll slap you (on the butt) and do a… going down the crack,” to to which he responds, “It’s almost like you’re going to stick your fingers inside,” prompting him to respond, “yes.”
According to people close to Sacha, director Louis Leterrier had to discuss any nudity or sex scenes with Wilson before filming them. They say she accepted the scene.
They also say the cell phone was used because the film called for Rebel and Sacha’s characters, Dawn and Nobby, to use an iPhone to film themselves having sex.
Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the 2016 Louis Leterrier-directed film and has made a number of accusations about her uncomfortable experience during filming.
However, in a statement given to DailyMail.com, Rebel doubled down on her book’s description of Sacha as a ‘jerk’.
“It’s an idiotic move to post footage of part of that disgusting episode and leave out everything that preceded it, including my horrified refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s ass,” he said.
“This couldn’t have been because of the movie, since director Louis Leterrier wasn’t even present,” he said.
‘What this edited video shows is what I had to do to get out of the room, as written in Rebel Rising. Posting unauthorized and misleading behind-the-scenes videos without my approval is SBC’s latest way to intimidate and deceive me.
Rebel appears with her book, in which she alleges that on set, Sacha asked her to strip for scenes despite his “no nudity” rule, claims Sacha has strenuously denied.
Sacha has strenuously denied mistreating Rebel or pressuring her to get naked in the film.
A spokesman for Sacha said: “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive and detailed evidence, including contemporary documents, film footage and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers”. Grimsby.’
Sacha’s team also provided nine anonymous statements from crew members that supported the claim that the scene was in the script.