Sacha Baron Cohen denies Rebel Wilson’s claims about ‘Brothers Grimsby’.

Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen

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Days after Rebel Wilson spoke out about Sacha Baron Cohen being an ‘idiot’, he threatened her for mentioning his alleged abuse in her upcoming memoir. Rebel rising, the people The magazine shared an excerpt from the book with the relevant chapter.

the pitch perfect The star wrote that she and Baron Cohen first met at a dinner party in 2013. He then asked her to appear as his character’s girlfriend, Dawn Grubham, in the 2016 comedy. Grimsby Brotherswhich in addition to starring, Baron Cohen also co-wrote and produced.

“I felt like every time I would talk to SBC, he would mention that he wanted me to be nude in a future scene, and I would say, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sasha,’” Wilson recalls of her time with the multi-hyphenate.

Wilson wrote that while filming at a football stadium in Cape Town, Baron Cohen had a production assistant tell the actress that she needed to film an extra scene. When they were filming him, he allegedly “pulls his pants down… SBC says very matter-of-factly: ‘Okay, now I want you to put your finger up my ass.’ And I’m like ‘What??…No!!”

“I was scared now. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped him on the ass and improvised a few lines to get into character,” Wilson added.

Wilson also stated that she called her agent and spoke to an attorney following the scene. “I was encouraged to be professional and finish the film,” she wrote.

She also claimed that she was asked to reshoot, including a sex scene, which made her feel uncomfortable during filming. “I shot the scene after she asked to rewrite it. But I still had to simulate having sex with this guy. I still had to kiss him over and over again,” Wilson noted. She then told the producers that she would not be doing any promotion for the film.

Wilson also wrote: “The movie bombed, which was enough for me. I don’t mean to cancel anyone and that’s not my motivation for sharing this story. I’m sharing my story now because the more women speak out about things like this, the more I hope it will happen.” less.

Baron Cohen denied the actress’ account of their time working together through a statement his rep shared with him Hollywood Reporter Earlier this week, shortly after her Instagram Story went live. “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these patently false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporary documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those in attendance before, during, and after the film’s production,” it reads. Grimsby Brothers“.

His team also shared nine anonymized data with the people To support Baron Cohen. Five people identified as being involved in the film and seeing the Cape Town scene disputed Wilson’s account.

“According to the script that Rebel had read and approved in advance, her character was trying to put her finger up Sasha’s character’s ass. At no point did Sasha ask her to put a finger up his ass,” a producer said.

“This was a scheduled, scripted scene,” a writer and producer added.

THR I have reached out to Baron Cohen’s representatives to obtain the data.

However, Wilson’s sister and friend Liberty (who remains anonymous) told the magazine that Wilson told them about her experience shortly after the scene was filmed.

On March 23, Wilson shared in a deleted Instagram Story, “I wrote about the asshole in my book. Now, he said the asshole is trying to threaten me. He’s hired a PR director and crisis lawyers. He’s trying to stop press on my book. But the book is coming out, and you’ll all know the truth.

A day later, she wrote another Instagram story, exposing Baron Cohen: “I will not be bullied or silenced by high-paid lawyers or PR crisis managers. The ‘idiot’ I talk about in one of the chapters of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.”