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Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson

  • Australian
  • Actor

Press clippings

Jack Whitehall Christmas special on Prime Video

Amazon's Prime Video has announced a one-off, part-scripted Christmas special starring Jack Whitehall.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2024

Rebel Wilson reveals Sasha Baron Cohen is unidentified star that sends her threats to block her memoir

Rebel Wilson has just revealed on social media that Sasha Baron Cohen is the Hollywood star who has been sending her threats to stop her from publishing her memoir Rebel Rising. The Australian actress had not until now identified Baron Cohen and had referred to him as a "massive a**hole" whom she had worked with.

Elsa Keslassy and Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25th March 2024

Sacha Baron Cohen hits back over Rebel Wilson book

"While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby."

Ian Youngs, BBC, 25th March 2024

Sacha Baron Cohen, Rebel Wilson and the grim truth about his tasteless comedy Grimsby

Long before its stars' latest war of words, the 2016 box office bomb united northerners, Trump supporters and audiences in revulsion.

Alexander Larman, The Telegraph, 25th March 2024

Norton's sofa is even more crowded than usual. Jessica Chastain, who will make plenty of sharp contributions to any debate about the film industry's ingrained misogyny, will be alongside Pitch Perfect 3 star Rebel Wilson and the lone Brit, Dawn French. Those three would be fine by themselves, but Norton also welcomes Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black as they promote Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 8th December 2017

Chris Addison to direct Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake

British comedian and actor Chris Addison is set to make his feature directorial debut with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake Nasty Women. The film will star Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson and is set-up over at MGM.

Paul Heath, Hollywood News, 29th March 2017

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review

Some were trepidatious about this belated big-screen outing for the fashionista sitcom. In fact, post-referendum, the timing couldn't be better ... and neither could Joanna Lumley.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 30th June 2016

Review - Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

BBC comedy makes a wobbly transfer to the big screen but its two delicious lead performances keep the comedy fizzing along.

Jason Solomons, Reuters, 30th June 2016

'Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie': Review

"All I ever wanted was not to be fat and old!" cries PR guru and bad gran Edina Monsoon, bewailing the time when "the zeitgeist used to run right through me". As her best friend Patsy injects herself with Botox, flips through Tinder and quaffs Chanel No 5 because they've run out of Bolly, it's clear that writer/star Jennifer Saunders hasn't lost her touch over the quarter century since these characters were first conceived for TV.

Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily, 30th June 2016

Review: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Fans are unlikely to be disappointed.

Charles Grant, Heat Magazine, 30th June 2016

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