Rebecca Ferguson says an abusive co-star once berated her so badly on set that she finally snapped.
“I did a film with an absolute idiot of a co-star and this human being was being so insecure and angry because this person couldn’t get the scenes out,” the “Mission Impossible” star, 40, recalled on Tuesday’s episode of the “Reign with Josh Smith” podcast.
“And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got screamed at and I would cry walking off set.”
Ferguson did not reveal the actor’s identity – or what movie she was on set for – but admitted that she felt disheartened as the unnamed person was the film’s star and “No. 1” on the call sheet.
The “Dune: Part Two” star also shared that the alleged bullying got more intense over time.
“This person would literally look at me in front of the whole crew and say, ‘You call yourself an actor? This is what I have to work with?’ I stood there just breaking,” she recalled. “Because this person was No. 1 on the call sheet, there was no safety net for me. No one had my back.”
However, Ferguson felt that enough was enough and she finally spoke up, noting that the situation marked the first time she had ever advocated for herself as an actor on a set.
“You get off my set. You can F off. I’m gonna work towards a tennis ball,” she told the bullying star at the time. “I never want to see you again.”
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Unfortunately, she said the producers on set were allegedly not so supportive.
“I remember the producers came up and said, ‘You can’t do this to No. 1. We have to let this person be on set,’” Ferguson said.
“And I said, ‘The person can turn around and I can act to the back of…
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