Rebel Wilson Says 'Bigger Girls Do Better in Comedy'

Rebel Wilson says her "bigger" size has helped her become successful in Hollywood. Photo: Getty Images

Rebel Wilson, 28, admits she doesn't have the typical figure of a Hollywood star, but says she's used that to her advantage.

The actress - who starred in Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect - told Sunday Life, "I took something that was seen as a disadvantage - no one thinks, if you're fat, that you're going to be an actress and everyone's going to love you - and turned it into a positive."

"Bigger girls do better in comedy," she added. "I don't know why. Maybe because people find it easier to laugh. It's very hard to laugh at someone who's very attractive, I think."

Rebel recently starred in Night At The Museum: Secret of the Tomb and joked that she "tasted a lot" of Ben Stiller when they filmed kissing scenes together.

In the film, she kissed Ben's alter ego, Neanderthal Laa, and claims his lips tasted odd.

She said, "I tasted a lot of Ben Stiller. He tasted a lot like rubbing alcohol."

She jokingly added, "He was very precious about our kissing, it was quite romantic and passionate."

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Rebel also claimed they were lots of smooching scenes that they couldn't use in the final cut because they were too graphic.

She joked, "There was some racier stuff between me and Laa which had to be cut. If an R-rated version is released then (you'll see it). I loved Laa's muscles which you don't get to see when Ben plays Larry, because he's wearing a jacket all the time but when he plays Laa it's like, arms out, they're just there."

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Source: Bang Showbiz edited by Yahoo7 staff