Rebecca Ferguson has dropped more details about the actor she once worked with who ‘screamed’ at her on set, after first delivering the mysterious truth bomb in February.
The Silo actor, 41, has said she ‘[doesn’t] care’ if the unnamed actor, who she previously described as an ‘insecure and angry human being’ and an ‘idiot’, knows she’s talking about them.
Rebecca previously detailed how she felt like ‘no one’ was on her side during the horrible experience as the unknown actor was ‘number one on the call sheet’, revealing she cried and walked off set due to their interactions.
While Rebecca has confirmed the unnamed actor was not her The Greatest Showman co-star Hugh Jackman, nor Life co-star Ryan Reynolds, nor Mission: Impossible’s Tom Cruise, she hasn’t revealed their identity and says they haven’t been in touch since.
In a new interview with The Times, Rebecca said other actors who have worked with the unnamed star have also had problems, yet she was ‘not blameless’ in the situation.
‘I will shove someone under a bus in front of an entire crew to make a point. I don’t applaud my own behaviour in that. It’s a really tricky world,’ she said.
‘We put a lot of blame on bullies and when we get older we can understand that people are insecure. When you start standing up for yourself, it’s really tricky. They’ll fire you and give the job to someone else.’
After she was ‘screamed’ at, the Mission: Impossible star said she returned to work the next day, spoke up and refused to work with the co-star.
Rebecca recounted: ‘[I said], “You get off my set.” It’s the first time I’ve ever spoken [up]; I remember being so scared. I looked at this person and I said, “You can F off. I’m gonna work towards a tennis ball. I never want to see you again”.’
While producers insisted the actor must carry on filming, as a compromise, Rebecca said the director allowed her to act to the back of the actor’s head.
The star recalled the incident on podcast Reign with Josh Smith, explaining: ‘I remember there was a moment and this human being was being so insecure and angry because this person couldn’t get the scenes out. And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got screamed at.
‘But because this person was number one on a call sheet, there was no safety net for me. So no one had my back. And I would cry walking off set.’
Rebecca claimed the co-star gave her a dressing-down in front of the entire crew, yelling: ‘You call yourself an actor? This is what I have to work with? What the f**k is this?”
The Greatest Showman actor remembered standing there ‘just breaking’.
She later went to the director to ask why the actor was allowed to behave that way: ‘The director said, “You’re right. I am not taking care of everyone else. I’m trying to fluff this person. Because it’s so unstable.”’
What films and TV shows has Rebecca Ferguson been in?
Rebecca Ferguson began her career as Anna Gripenhielm in 54 episodes of Nya Tider, before appearing as Chrissy Eriksson in Ocean Ave. She also starred in The White Queen, The Red Tent and most recently Silo.
Her filmography began with Drowning Ghost, before she went on to star in Lennart, A One-Way Trip to Antibes, Vi, The Vatican, Hercules, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Despite the Falling Snow, Florence Foster Jenkins, The Girl on the Train, Life, Life: Astronaut Diaries, The Snowman, The Greatest Showman, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Little Match Girl, The Kid Who Would Be Kind, Men in Black: International, Cold Night, Doctor Sleep, Reminiscence, Dune: Part One, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Dune: Part Two and A House of Dynamite.
After sharing her story, Rebecca was met with phone calls from worried former colleagues, asking her if she realised ‘what [she’d] done’ by opening this particular can of worms, and possibly putting a huge amount of A-listers’ characters into question.
‘I got phone calls from amazing co-stars who I’ve worked with, going, “You understand what you’ve done, right?” And I was like, “Oh my God. No, I didn’t, I didn’t think,’” she said.
But Rebecca doesn’t regret speaking out.
‘I mean, it’s not my responsibility, to be honest, I don’t really care. “You’re great,” but my story’s my story and if you’re a good person, then don’t worry about it,’ she added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Dune star Rebecca also fondly described Mission: Impossible co-star and friend Tom Cruise as a ‘manchild in a good way’ while recalling his chaotic enthusiasm on set.
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