Rebel Wilson.Photo: Don Arnold/WireImage
Rebel Wilson’s latest onscreen kiss had some real-life impacts.
The Australian actress, 42, admitted toThe Hollywood Reporterthat she was nervous and anxious about kissing her costarCharlotte Gainsbourgwhile filming her upcoming movieThe Almond and the Seahorse.
“I’d never kissed a woman before so I was thinking, ‘Oh God, how’s that going to go?'” Wilson, 42, said.
In her first dramatic onscreen role, Wilson stars inThe Almond and The Seahorseas an archaeologist whose husband has suffered a traumatic brain injury, which leads her to start an affair.
Wilson revealed the character was supposed to be a man, but she suggested a woman be cast instead before Gainsbourg, 51, ultimately landed the role.
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“I don’t know why I said that but I just felt it could work,” she said. “I had kind of had a situation with a woman before, not a sexual relationship and we hadn’t kissed or anything. But then the kiss with Charlotte came up. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal or anything.”
But when it came time for the big scene, Wilson said that kissing a woman professionally led her to consider kissing a woman in her personal life.
“If I hadn’t had the experience with Charlotte or the experience with the other woman, I don’t know if I would have ever met [partnerRamona Agruma]. Having those experiences opened my heart up to it as a possibility. I’m grateful for those two experiences. It changed my love life completely,” Wilson said.
The movie was filmed in 2021 and she met Agruma at the end of the year, Wilson noted.
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Wilson and Agruma are parents to newborn daughterRoyce Lillian, whom theywelcomed via surrogacylast month.
source: people.com
