‘I WAS PAID TO STAY BIGGER’
SHE’S made a fortune playing characters such as Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect, larger-than-life, laugh-a-minute people who poke fun at themselves so others don’t do it first.
Her size and attitude helped cement her status as one of Hollywood’s brightest comedy stars – and no one was more aware of this than Tinseltown’s profit-obsessed bosses.
Rebel Wilson recently revealed she was actually paid to keep her curves because being plus-size in a sea of skinny stars helped her movies become box-office gold. People wanted to see someone who not only seemed comfortable in their skin but revelled in being bigger.
Her gags, often at her own expense, stole the show in movies such as Bridesmaids
