Rebel Wilson: ‘Comedy is still dominated by powerful men’
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peoplemagazine.co.zaRebel Wilson is concerned female comedians aren’t getting their shot at stardom as the business is still dominated by male stars.The 40-year-old got her big break in Hollywood in the hit 2011 comedy Bridesmaids, and cemented her stardom with her role as Patricia ‘Fat Amy’ Hobart in the Pitch Perfect franchise, after cutting her teeth in TV comedies in her native Australia.
Although she’s found success, Rebel believes men still call all of the shots in comedy – as she found out when working alongside some of the industry’s top funnymen. “I definitely think it’s still a male-dominated industry,” she told British newspaper The Sun. “I’ve been living mainly in America for the past decade and when I first went over to America, I had to work.
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