Funny actress Rebel Wilson is featured in Cosmopolitan USA’s September issue, where she can be seen riding around on a segway. As you do…
The Australian spoke to the magazine about how she often takes inspiration for her writing from real life, especially her new show Super Fun Night.
“I’ll often use my real stuff in my writing because it comes across as more authentic,” she tells the magazine. "In the pilot [of Super Fun Night], my character gets invited to drinks, but she can't get into the club. That happened to me recently at Skybar.
"Anna Kendrick was having her birthday party there, and it was a fancy place. So I get there with Hana Mae Lee from Pitch Perfect, and I've got a birthday gift so I'm clearly going to the party, and this big huge bouncer wouldn't even look us in the face. We were like, 'Hi'…and then two models came and he let them in.
"I didn't pull the Reese Witherspoon," she laughs. "He had a list, and I said, 'Excuse me, we're on the list. We're here for Anna Kendrick's birthday party.' And then, eventually, he's like 'Okay, what's your name?'"
That’s not all though, it seems Rebel has a whole host of stories she can draw from.
“There’s a scene [in Super Fun Night] where my dress rips, and something like that happened when I first came to America,” she says. “I got set up on a lunch with Jason Segel. He was the first Hollywood person that I got to have lunch with and chat about life with or whatever. So I thought, ‘I’ll try to look my best’, and I wore my best leather jacket. When I sat down, a sharp edge on the chair snagged my jacket, and it just ripped. I was devastated but trying to hide it because I didn’t want to ruin the lunch. I’m always ripping clothing. It’s so embarrassing.”
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Posted by Amy Power.