Rebel Wilson isn’t exactly humble about her success in a new interview with Australia’s Daily Life: “The odds of an Australian girl making it in Hollywood is, like, one in 25 million,” she said. “I’m lucky. But I also think I worked hard. I deserve it.”One caveat to Wilson’s success is that she’s constantly being asked about her weight. The plus-size actress plays a beloved character named Fat Amy in the “Pitch Perfect” films, but Wilson’s outlook is that her larger size has been an advantage:
“I took something that was seen as a disadvantage – no one thinks, if you’re fat, that you’re going to be an actress and everyone’s going to love you – and turned it into a positive.”And bigger girls do better in comedy. I don’t know why. Maybe because people find it easier to laugh. It’s very hard to laugh at someone who’s very attractive, I think. And normally those people don’t have a great personality anyway.”
We see her point about how the entertainment industry has made a space in comedy for bigger women (see: Melissa McCarthy, Mo’Nique, etc). But it’s not entirely fair to suggest attractive women are less funny and have bad personalities. Skinny-shaming is an entirely different hellscape and even Victoria’s Secret model Sara Sampaio had to go on record last year with the message “Every body is different.” Indeed. Next question.Related Articles:Calvin Klein Thinks This is How “Plus Size” LooksVictoria’s Secret “A Perfect Body” Campaign Hits a Sour Note
