Rebel Wilson’s body double claims she ‘resisted’ a lewd request made to her on the set of Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby.
Burlesque dancer Jodi Le Roux, 42, told DailyMail.com she was shocked when she was asked to sit on an extra’s face for a crude scene that ended up being cut from the film.
She says she was told to sit astride the woman who was wearing nothing but underwear and a British flag and she responded: “You want me to do what?”
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, she also claims that she was asked to perform in front of other extras without a modesty cover to protect her private parts.
She spoke out after Australian actress Wilson, 44, accused Cohen, 52, of trying to force her to film nude scenes and telling her to “stick a finger up her ass” while filming.
Jodi Le Roux, 43, was Rebel Wilson’s stunt double in Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby. The couple is pictured on set.
Wilson, 44, accused Cohen, 52, of telling him to ‘stick his finger up her ass’ while filming The Brothers Grimsby.
Le Roux was Wilson’s body double in a scene in which she runs naked across the field of a football stadium. She claims she was asked to perform in front of other extras without a modesty cover to protect her private parts.
Le Roux said: “On the second day, there was an alternative ending they wanted to film. It was with another double, a woman.
“When they told me what it was about, my reaction was, ‘You want me to do what?’
‘My concern was having to sit on her because she was small.
“I said, ‘I’m looking forward to this.’ This is uncomfortable for me because I want to know if she’s comfortable.”
‘Besides, it wasn’t what they told me it would do. They told me I would do the stripe scene and only the stripe scene.’
Le Roux says it all happened suddenly and wasn’t what he expected to film.
“In the end I agreed to do it, but I had to make peace with sitting on this woman’s face,” she said.
The crude finale of the 2016 secret agent comedy was finally abandoned.
However, Le Roux says the writers toyed with the idea of ​​Wilson’s character, Dawn Grobham, an overweight mother of 11, suffocating the evil Rhonda George, played by Penelope Cruz, by smothering her with her butt.
Wilson’s character was supposed to be naked except for a British flag as he performed the move on a stairwell at the Cape Town stadium.
Wilson and Penélope Cruz left it to their doubles, Le Roux and another unidentified South African woman, to film the scene, which took an hour to film.
Le Roux is pictured with actor Ricky Tomlinson. She tells DailyMail.com that she was told to sit astride a woman wearing nothing but underwear and a British flag.
Le Roux says the writers toyed with the idea of ​​Wilson’s character, Dawn Grobham, an overweight mother of 11, suffocating the evil Rhonda George, played by Penelope Cru (pictured), by smothering her with her butt.
Le Roux had previously been asked to run naked through a field posing as Wilson.
She said: ‘The stripes were okay, but the second scene was the part I balked at. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it. I talked to the other woman to make sure she was okay.
“She said, ‘Honey, it’s a movie and this is what we do as stuntmen and body doubles: go ahead.’
“I said, ‘Are you sure?’ She said, ‘Go ahead!’
Australian actress Wilson made the allegations about Cohen in her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising.
“I had underwear on and I sat as close as I could, because it has to look realistic, but I was trying to maintain some decorum.”
Australian actress Wilson made the allegations about Cohen in her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising.
Referring to Cohen as SBC, she claims he insisted she insert her finger into his butt between takes at the soccer stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Rebel said: “They wanted full frontal nudity.” We wrote in the contract, specifically, “No nudity.” They hired another girl, a large South African burlesque dancer, to be a nude double.
And they got her to do all these things. Sacha said: ‘Look, she looks good.’ I’m like, I’m not doing it! I do not care what you say.
In her book, Rebel continued: “SBC summons me through a production assistant and tells me I need to film an extra scene. ‘Okay, let’s film this extra scene,'” SBC says.
“Then he pulls down his pants… SBC very matter-of-factly says, ‘Okay, now I want you to put your finger in my ass.'” And I say, ‘What?’ … No!!’
Producers told DailyMail.com last week that the actress was well aware of the intimate scene at the time she accepted the role of Dawn and was “completely committed… confidently kissing (Cohen’s character) Nobby.”
DailyMail.com also posted a never-before-seen video of the deleted scene, which appears to show that the action was actually part of the script and that the actress was okay with the scene.
In a pivotal intimate scene, Wilson’s character, Dawn, slaps Cohen’s character, Nobby, on the butt and then tries to put her finger between his cheeks. He rejects her advances and says, “It’s not my ass, Dawny.” After last night’s curry, it’s like a loaded gun.
Still on camera, but out of character, Wilson can be heard discussing the block and telling Cohen, “I’ll slap you (on the butt) and make you… go down the crack,” to which Cohen responds: “It’s almost like you’re going to stick your fingers inside.”
She replies: ‘Yes.’
DailyMail.com posted a never-before-seen video of the deleted scene, which appears to show that the action was actually part of the script and that the actress was okay with the scene.
Out of character, Wilson can be heard discussing the block and telling Cohen, “I’ll slap you (on the butt) and do a… going down the crack.” To which Cohen responds: “It’s almost like you’re going to stick your fingers inside.”
Le Roux claims she was hired just a week before the body double scenes were filmed and that producers were desperate to find a woman the same size and shape as Wilson.
However, having worked as a burlesque dancer since 2012, she only agreed to strip if her private area was covered.
She said: “There was a bit of confusion about the modesty cover because when I signed the paperwork it was already insured.”
She said when she asked about it, she was greeted with blank stares.
‘I made it clear that I wasn’t going to do the job unless they gave me one. Then they immediately made a plan.
“I think maybe they tried to get their way by not giving me the modesty cover, but I stood my ground and said, I want a modesty cover or I’m not doing it.”
‘In burlesque we only go down to a certain point. You always wear a thong or some type of modesty cover because it’s more about teasing than becoming overtly sexual.
“I wouldn’t walk down the street without clothes. They should have provided me with a modesty cover, especially since they wanted me to hang around.
Le Roux said he did not witness any conflict between Wilson and Cohen on set.
But she added: “As a burlesque dancer, I promote body positivity and not having to conform to every beauty standard in terms of body shape.”
‘But if someone else doesn’t feel comfortable doing that, that’s okay.
“So if she’s pressured into doing nude scenes because someone else feels comfortable, that’s not right.”