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Rebel Wilson Recalls Meeting the ‘Incomparable’ Robin Williams: ‘A Male Comedy Great’


In her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising, actress Rebel Wilson recalls her 'most memorable chat with a male comedy great,' the 'incomparable' Robin Williams.

“My most memorable chat with a male comedy great was with the incomparable Robin Williams (although meeting Mel Brooks in London is a close second! Ahead of Night at the Museum 3 ’s release, Wilson recalled becoming emotional at one of Williams’ scenes in the movie where his character, a wax figure of Theodore Roosevelt, gave a speech before his untimely death. “It’s just so emotional because in the movie his character knows he’s not going to be alive the next day and he gives this speech and it was just me and my assistant Katie just sitting in this screening room just crying,” she said on Australian radio station KIIS FM in October 2014.

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