![]() I went on a research trip Daniel Day Lewis-style to Manchester, Leeds and Blackpool. You play Sacha Baron Cohen’s girlfriend in his new comedy ‘ Grimsby’. She’s hilarious in real-life, funnier than me.’ I’ve met some of the world’s top comedians. ‘I’m going to say Matt Lucas, but that’s really hard. But someone like Kay Cannon writes movies with not just one funny female character or two, but ten.’ You don’t have a lot of jokes on the page, so you have to work harder. But usually on male-driven films your part is very marginalised. There are some male writers who create really amazing female characters, obviously. Does it make a difference, working on comedy written by women? You’ve been in ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Pitch Perfect’. By the second year of law school I was already working professionally as an actress and I could’ve quit. And there are a lot of eccentric characters in that world. If you’ve ever seen the movie “ Best in Show”, that was my life growing up, going to the dog shows every weekend. Your siblings are called Liberty, Annachi and Ryot. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t born with a lot of advantages or privileges. I was very academic and studied hard at school. I never quite knew what I wanted to do, but I thought I’d be successful. A lot of people are shocked that I have two degrees, one of which is a law degree.’ I try to be smart and sensible in my real life. I can be really fun, but the reality is that what I do is really hard work. ![]() People expect me to be comedy “on” all the time, which of course I’m not. Now I realise there’s such a market for plus-size clothing that’s still cool and trendy and fits really well and is nice fabrics.’ ‘A lot of people are shocked that I have two degrees’ĭo people expect you to be Fat Amy when they meet you? I was like: whatever, I’ll just wear my tracksuit. ‘I think maybe I wasn’t into fashion before because fashion never cared for me. I’m creating a clothing line in October.’ Now that’s changed and I have to pay attention. ‘It’s strange because I’m a person who values what’s up here. You really have to make your own opportunities, and do the best with the material you’re given.’Īfter ‘Bridesmaids’ did you find fame, all the red carpet stuff intimidating? When you’re starting out it’s not like you’re given all these amazing roles. Even though I only had four scenes in the film people remembered me. But after “Bridesmaids” I booked six movies in two weeks. ‘My original goal was to get in just one Hollywood film. What was your ambition when you arrived in LA? Why not?” And I just went about doing it.’ I mean no one thought I would be a professional actress. I was shy as a kid, but I always had confidence in my skills and abilities. Where does that inner confidence come from? And where can I get it? But a lot of people have told me that I am comfortable in my own skin. No one really saw my butt.’įat Amy is such a brilliant character. And I had Spanx on – with a butt crack drawn on. I am afraid of heights, but I just sucked it up. I chose to suffer for the sake of comedy. It was either me or a completely new start to the film. I had to, because there are no stunt girls my size. Is it true that you went to circus school to prepare? You end up dangling in mid-air with a split leotard in a massive concert hall. Okay, let’s talk about that opening scene in ‘Pitch Perfect 2’. The sequel, out this week, opens with Fat Amy flashing her vagina to President Obama on his birthday in front of a crowd of thousands. ![]() Within two weeks, she signed up to six new films, including ‘Pitch Perfect’. It was a tiny part but here’s the thing about Rebel Wilson – she’s got a knack for stealing every scene she appears in. The 29-year-old moved to Hollywood in 2010 after working on the stand-up circuit and TV in Australia, and within months landed a role in ‘ Bridesmaids’ playing Kristen Wiig’s flatmate. Put simply, Rebel Wilson is the living, breathing woman you want to be after reading Sheryl Sandberg’s motivational book ‘Lean In’. In the flesh, stretched out on a sofa at Claridges’s, the actress is one of the most impressive people I’ve met – funny, yes, but totally focussed and refreshingly honest about her ambition, refusing play down her intelligence. Disappointing because Fat Amy (she calls herself that so ‘twig bitches’ don’t do it behind her back) is one of the most hilarious characters in recent movie memory – so funny people have taken to wearing her off-the-wall one-liners on t-shirts. This is disappointing for precisely as long as it takes for her to answer my first question. ![]() Rebel Wilson is not Fat Amy – the character she plays in ‘ Pitch Perfect’. ![]()
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