Actor Insurgent Wilson mentioned her company inspired her to keep up her weight after realizing they might earn extra if she continued to play the “fat funny girl.”
The Australian star is greatest recognized for her roles in ‘Bridesmaids’ and the ‘Pitch Perfect’ franchise, during which she performed a personality named ‘Fat Amy.’
In her memoir ‘Rebel Rising’ the 44-year-old mentioned when she advised her agent her plan to “get healthier” to have a toddler, she was not met with assist.
Per Vanity Fair, Wilson wrote: “The agency liked me fat because they got hundreds of thousands of dollars in commission for each film where I played the fat funny girl.”
In consequence, Wilson added she was shoved right into a “multimillion-dollar pigeonhole.”
Fortune has reached out to Wilson’s representatives for remark.
A breakdown of Wilson’s pay cheques means that roles comparable to ‘Fat Amy’ have certainly earned the actor—and her associates—huge paydays.
In response to excerpts seen by People, Wilson claimed she was paid simply $3,500 for her function in ‘Bridesmaids’ alongside author and costars Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
The paycheck “didn’t matter” to Wilson, who mentioned the determine was sufficient to pay her SAG-AFTRA union price whereas propelling her to international stardom.
Quick ahead six years and Wilson had landed the function of ‘Fat Amy’ within the acapella film collection ‘Pitch Perfect’ alongside ‘Twilight’ star Anna Kendrick.
And it was within the ultimate installment of the trilogy that netted Wilson a $10 million wage.
In an interview with The New York Times launched this week, Wilson heaped reward on the staff at Universal Studios, however mentioned she wished to verify she received her share of the “ton of money” they have been producing.
“Despite me absolutely loving all those folks at Universal, did I use that leverage to my advantage? Yes,” she mentioned. “And in the 11th hour, I go, ‘You know, that’s a lovely offer of $9 million. But I need one more to make it 10.’”
In a glimpse into the interior workings of Hollywood negotiations, she added: “That’s an enormous milestone while you’re an actor. To obtain an eight-figure provide, for a girl, is large.
“Sometimes women don’t like to talk about that. Whereas I don’t think the guys have any issues saying they get $20 million a movie.”
Wilson’s memoir isn’t the primary time she’s mentioned the strain she’s felt about her look.
Talking on the ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast final yr, Wilson mentioned: “I couldn’t lose a massive amount of weight … you can’t lose more than 10 pounds or gain more than 10 pounds. You have to kind of stay at the weight, it’s in your contract.”
“I was stereotyped as playing that fat funny friend,” she added.
Followers weren’t thrilled
In 2020 Wilson launched into a weight reduction journey to lose 80 kilos, prompted by a dialog she had along with her fertility physician.
“He looked me up and down and said: ‘You’d do much better if you were healthier,’ ” Wilson told People in 2022.
“I used to be bowled over. I assumed, ‘Oh God, this’s man’s so impolite.’ He was proper. I used to be carrying round a variety of extra weight.
“It’s almost like I didn’t think of my own needs. I thought of a future child’s needs that really inspired me to get healthier.”
However the Sydney-born star mentioned her supporters had some combined response to the choice.
“There were some people that were like, ‘Oh, we don’t think she’s funny anymore,’ or, ‘Now she’s lost me as a fan because I can’t relate to her anymore,’” Wilson advised the NYT.
She inspired these people to learn the ebook, saying it sheds mild on her well being journey: “Obviously I have a sweet tooth. That’s my vice. And in times of stress, I’d been dealing with it by eating. I don’t think that will ever, ever go away.”
