Rebel Wilson opened up about facing harassment in her career when a male co-star publicly “pulled down his pants” and asked her to perform a lewd act. This was way before the MeToo Movement changed the course of Hollywood. Rebel also talked about how the actor who harassed her tried to destroy her and her career.
Rebel Wilson Talks About #MeToo Experience
The #MeToo Momement gave a voice to hundreds and thousands of women to speak up about their experiences of sexual abuse, In Hollywood, many women came forward about the harassment they faced in the industry at the hands of high-profile people. Rebel Wilson recently recalled her #MeToo moment.
In an interview with People magazine, she said that she was young when a co-star harassed her. Of the incident, she detailed, “He called me into a room and pulled down his pants.” Then, in front of his friends, the actor asked her to perform a lewd act.
Rebel continued, “It was awful and disgusting.” It did not stop there. “And all the behavior afterwards — this was all before #MeToo — where they kind of tried to destroy me and my career. If it had happened after #MeToo, then I could have just blasted them,” she said.
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The actress is a trained lawyer and handled the situation in her way. “Because I’m a lawyer, I documented it. I called my rep. I got certain things in writing about what happened. Definitely, amongst industry circles, I made sure people knew what happened. Why did I stay in that situation … with that awful guy? I should have left. It wasn’t worth it. But at the same time, I was like, ‘Oh well, do the right thing, be a professional and finish the movie.’ Now I would never do that. I thought even complaining to my agency was a big step. And to complain to the studio. I found out I was like the fourth person to complain about the guy. Such gross behavior, but a lot of women have had it way worse,” she said.
#MeToo Movement In Hollywood
In October 2017, The New York Times published an explosive report that detailed years and years of sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Dozens of women came forward with their stories of harassment. Weinstein was then fired from his company and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was later convicted of his crimes.
This snowballed into a movement where Bill Cosby faced trial in 2017 due to accusations of drugging and sexually assaulting women. He was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.
Many other bigwigs were named in the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, which empowered women around the world to speak up about their experiences as well.
