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Rebel Wilson says it 'total nonsense' that 'only gay actors should play gay roles' as she weighs in on Hollywood casting row two years after coming out as queer
The Pitch Perfect star, 44, subtly slammed the film industry, claiming it's 'total nonsense' that only gay actors can play gay characters.
Rebel – who has said that earlier in her career she was often cast as the 'fat, funny girl' – tells presenter Lauren Laverne: 'That was the worst professional experience and that was where it crossed the line. In Grimsby, which was a failure at the box office, Baron Cohen played a feckless football hooligan called Nobby who has 11 children with his partner Dawn, Wilson's role. In her recent memoir Rebel Rising, Wilson accused the Ali G and Borat actor of pressuring her into doing a nude scene and making her wear clothes that showed her in the most unflattering light.
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