'Pitch Perfect' star Rebel Wilson's weight loss journey: When the actress revealed how her transformation impacted her career
, the 'Pitch Perfect' actress, opened up about losing weight, which helped her transform her career, making a gateway to getting more serious roles in the industry. Recently, she said that losing 80 pounds back in 2020 got her the opportunities after people started to look at her differently.
Rebel Wilson opened up about losing weight
In an interview with SiriusXM's Ben + 1, the 45-year-old said, 'When I lost about 70 or 80 pounds in 2020, I started getting offered more serious roles,' before adding the change in the type of roles, 'I did a British indie movie about traumatic brain injury, and now I'm playing Lady Capulet in the new movie musical Juliet and Romeo.'
Furthermore, the actress pointed out that previously she used to be typecast in the boxes, which tilted towards the comedic or funny characters.
'I think I un-typecast myself by losing weight,' she said, adding that once she lost the pounds, people started to see her from a different perspective.
From comedic career to dramatics
Rebel Wilson's career kick-started due to the scholarship created by
Nicole Kidman
, who helped her specialise in comedy. However, she was fascinated by the dramatic career graph of Dame
Judi Dench
. 'When I came to Hollywood, I was pigeon-holed as the comedy girl. Now I feel as if I'm returning to my roots and tackling more dramatic material,' she added.
Moreover, Wilson mentioned that there were people who advised her not to lose any weight, as it would affect the prospects of her comedic career. 'Basically, no one apart from my mum wanted me to lose weight,' Wilson claimed in an interview with the Sunday Times last year, before adding, 'People thought I'd lose my niche as the fat, funny character, and they wanted me to stay that way.'
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