Rebel Wilson recently opened up about a time a male co-star made an unwanted sexual advance toward her.
The Pitch Perfect star shared the disturbing incident with People as she promoted Senior Year - her new Netflix movie.
Wilson did not name the actor but recalled how he "called me into a room and pulled down his pants." Then in front of his friends, the man asked the Australian actress to perform a "lewd act".
"It was awful and disgusting," she says. "And all the behavior afterwards — this was all before #MeToo — where they kind of tried to destroy me and my career. If it had happened after #MeToo, then I could have just blasted them."
The 42-year-old Bridesmaids star is a trained lawyer with a law degree from University of New South Wales, so she had some idea of the steps she could take following the encounter.
"Because I'm a lawyer, I documented it," she told People. "I called my rep. I got certain things in writing about what happened."
"Definitely amongst industry circles, I made sure people knew what happened," she added.
"Why did I stay in that situation … with that awful guy?" she asked herself. "I should have left. It wasn't worth it. But at the same time, I was like, 'Oh well, do the right thing, be a professional and finish the movie.' Now I would never do that."
"I thought even complaining to my agency was a big step. And to complain to the studio. I found out I was like the fourth person to complain about the guy. Such gross behavior, but a lot of women have had it way worse."
"If it happened again, I would probably stand up for myself even more just because of the bravery of the other women that have stood up and now allowed me an opportunity," she said.
Unfortunately, this isn't the only time Wilson has spoken up about sexual misconduct. In 2017, she shared that a male actor, who she did not name, repeatedly propositioned her.
She tweeted: "As you guys know, I’m a pretty strong and confident person but even I have a story to tell. A male star, in a position of power, asked me to go into a room with him and then asked me repeatedly to stick my finger up his ass.
"All whilst his male ‘friends’ tried to film the incident on their iPhones and laughed. I repeatedly said no and eventually got out of the room."
