Sacha Baron Cohen’s team claim victory as Rebel Wilson’s memoir redacted in the UK

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Rebel Wilson’s memoir has been released in the UK in a redacted version, with Sacha Baron Cohen’s legal team claiming it as a “clear victory”.The book, titled Rebel Rising, was published in the UK yesterday (April 25), following its release in the US and other territories earlier this month.However, the chapter titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other A**holes” has been edited to remove the direct allegations about the British comic actor’s behaviour, which he has strenuously denied.In the original version of the memoir, the Australian actor spoke about her experience of working with Baron Cohen on the 2016 comedy film The Brothers Grimsby, in which she played his character’s girlfriend.“It felt like every time I’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.’”The Pitch Perfect star described one alleged incident in detail: “SBC summons me via a production assistant saying that I’m needed to film an additional scene. ‘Okay, well, we’re gonna film this extra scene,’ SBC says.“Then he pulls his pants down … SBC says very matter-of-factly: ‘Okay, now I want you to stick your finger up my ass.’ And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!’ …”She continued: “I was now scared.

I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped him on the ass and improvised a few lines as the character.”Wilson says she then spoke to a lawyer and her agent about the incident. “I filmed the scene, after demanding rewrites.

But I still had to simulate having sex with this guy. I still had to kiss him repeatedly.”“It really sank in that all this wasn’t something that could be laughed off.