10 Things You Didn’t Know Actors Were BANNED From Doing
9. Rebel Wilson Was Banned From Losing Weight During Her Pitch Perfect Years
After bursting onto the scene as one of the hottest comedy actors on the planet following on from her hilarious work in the likes of Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect, Australian star Rebel Wilson eventually felt like she wanted to pursue some different roles.
In those early Hollywood years, the routinely comical performer had very much found herself being typecast as the "fat, funny friend." And while she would reveal on an episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast (via Variety) that she did love playing those parts, she was getting a little fed up of being pigeonholed around that time.
Frustratingly, despite wanting to get healthier, the actor's contracts for the Pitch Perfect franchise stated that she wasn't allowed to drop a noticeable amount of weight whilst she was appearing as Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart in the film series.
Along with being banned from losing anything over 10lbs, said contract also apparently wouldn't allow Wilson to gain that same amount either.
In other words, once she put pen to paper on that Pitch Perfect deal, Wilson was required "to kind of stay at the weight."
A few years on from that franchise reaching its end, though, Wilson finally got the chance to dive into a "year of health" in 2020, eventually losing a massive 77lbs.