Rebecca Ferguson has peers who can back up her claims. More than a year after she first opened up about her experience with an unnamed "idiot" co-star who had screamed at her on set, she disclosed that she has since spoken to other actors who can corroborate the co-star's poor conduct. "Other people who have worked with this person also had a s**tty time," Rebecca shared with *The Times* in an interview published on October 9.
Although former co-stars like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson have praised her courage in speaking out, the *Dune* star admitted that the actor she had clashed with has not reached out, and she doesn't particularly care if they know she was referring to them. "I will shove someone under a bus in front of an entire crew to make a point," she elaborated. "I don't applaud my own behavior in that. It’s a really tricky world."
"We tend to heap blame on bullies, and as we grow older, we start to realize that such behavior often stems from insecurity," she added. "When you begin to stand up for yourself, it becomes a delicate balancing act. They might just fire you and hand the job over to someone else."
Last year, Rebecca—who clarified that she was not alluding to former co-stars Tom Cruise, Ryan Reynolds, or Hugh Jackman—shared the details of her challenging experience on set, recounting how it led her to discover her own voice and strength. "I did a film with an absolute idiot of a co-star," she recounted on the February 2024 episode of the *Reign With Josh Smith* podcast. "This individual was so insecure and furious because they couldn't nail the scenes. And I think, being so vulnerable and uneasy myself, I ended up getting screamed at."
She continued, "But since this person was top-billed on the call sheet, there was no safety net for me. So, no one stood up for me." As she wept while walking off the set, she noted that the person glared at her in front of the entire crew and said, "You call yourself an actor? This is what I have to work with? What is this?"
Yet, that dreadful encounter marked a pivotal moment for her. "I remember the next day, I walked on set and said, 'You get off my set,'" she recalled. "I remember being so terrified, and I looked at this person and said, 'You can eff off. I'm going to act toward a tennis ball. I never want to see you again.'"
"And then I remember the producers came up and said, 'You can't do this to the top-billed actor. We have to let this person stay on set,'" she continued. "And I said, 'But the person can turn around, and I can act to the back of their head.' And I did."
