Rebel Wilson Details Allegations Against Sacha Baron Cohen On ‘The Brothers Grimsby’ Set, Claiming He Wanted Her “To Go Naked” For A Scene

After exposing Sacha Baron Cohen as the “massive asshole” she writes about in her memoir Rebel Rising, actress Rebel Wilson is sharing more about her time working with the Borat actor.

In an excerpt from her memoir published by People, Wilson writes about co-starring with Baron Cohen (whom she refers to as “SBC” in the passage) in 2016’s The Brothers Grimsby, recalling that “it felt like every time [she]’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted [her] to go naked in a future scene.”

“I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha,'” she adds.

According to People, another instance she rehashes allegedly took place when they were shooting in Cape Town at a soccer stadium, where she was summoned by a production assistant who told her that she was “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,’” she recalls. “And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!’”

Claiming that she “was now scared” and “wanted to get out of there,” Wilson details in the book how she “finally compromised.”

“I slapped him on the ass and improvised a few lines as the character,” she writes.

Wilson claims that she reached out to her agent and lawyer after the alleged incident, but “was encouraged to ‘be professional and finish the film,'” noting that her “way of dealing with it at that point was to try to laugh it off.”

Baron Cohen’s spokesperson previously denied the claims in a statement shared with Decider after Wilson first called out Baron Cohen:

“While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby,” his spokesperson said.

Additionally, representatives for Baron Cohen issued nine anonymous statements to People in support of the comedian from individuals who worked on the film with him. Every statement opposes Wilson’s allegations, claiming that “this was a scheduled, scripted scene” and that Wilson “was treated with the utmost respect and empowerment” while filming.

Decider reached out to Baron Cohen’s representatives for further comment, but did not hear back by time of publication.

The Senior Year star also remembers having to film reshoots, highlighting a sex scene in her memoir, per People. While she “filmed the scene, after demanding rewrites,” she writes in the book that she “still had to simulate having sex with this guy” and “still had to kiss him repeatedly.” Later on, she says “it really sank in that all this wasn’t something that could be laughed off.”

“I relayed to the producers that I would not be doing any promotion for the film,” she writes.

In the memoir, Wilson — who concedes that “the movie bombed, which was karma enough” — asserts that she’s “not about canceling anybody and that’s not [her] motivation for sharing this story.” Rather, she’s sharing her allegations in hopes that “the more women talk about things like this, hopefully the less it happens.”

The passage from her new memoir arrives after Wilson alleged that an actor — whom she eventually revealed as Baron Cohen — had threatened her if she were to identify him in her book last weekend.

“Now the a**hole is trying to threaten me,” she wrote on her Instagram story at the time. “He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He’s trying to stop press coming out about my new book. But the book WILL come out and you will all know the truth.”

Rebel Rising is out on April 2.