Rebecca Ferguson has revealed how she confronted an unnamed co-star and demanded he be removed from a film after the individual “yelled” at her.
In an interview with Reign with Josh Smith podcast, Sand Dunes: Part Two The actress recalled how she found her voice in challenging her “absolute idiot” co-star and has not been bullied since.
Ferguson did not reveal the identity of the actor, nor did she specify the gender of the individual. However, she confirmed that it was not Hugh Jackman or Tom Cruise, who starred alongside her Greatest Showman And Mission: Impossible respectively.
“I remember there was a moment and this human was feeling insecure and angry because he couldn’t make it backstage,” Ferguson said.
“And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that she yelled at me. But because that person was number one on the call list, there was no safety net for me. So no one would support me. And I would cry off set.”
Rebecca recalled the person saying things to her like: “Do you call yourself an actor?” and “This is what I should work with?”, in front of the film crew. “I just stood there breaking down,” she recalled.
Ferguson said she was determined to challenge her star the next day, and told the individual to “get out of my group.” She recalled being “very afraid” of the confrontation.
“I looked at this person and said, ‘You can stop. ‘I’ll work for the tennis ball. I don’t want to see you again.’ “And then I remember the producers came and said, ‘You can’t do this with number one.’ We have to leave that person on set.”
Ferguson said she asked to act off the back of her co-star’s head. “And I did,” she said. “I thought it shouldn’t be this way. And I remember going to the manager afterward and saying, ‘What’s going on?’
The manager said: You are right. I don’t take care of everyone. I’m trying to annoy this person because he’s so unstable. It’s been great from that moment on, but it took a long time for me to get there.
You can watch the interview below: