Rebel Wilson.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage
Rebel Wilsonis telling all like never before.
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of thePitch Perfectalum’supcoming memoirRebel Rising, which is out April 2.
Wilson, who is currently in Australia filming her directorial debutThe Deb,says she “underestimated how much work it really is” to write a book about her own life.
Though she admits the candid nature of the memoir can be “very embarrassing,” Wilson thought to herself: “If I’m doing it, I’m doing it full out.”
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Rebel Risingfollows her unconventional journey toward achieving success in Hollywood and gaining self-acceptance. Wilson opens up about her fertility issues, weight gain and loss, sexuality, overcoming shyness, rejection and more.
“When I first started in the business and coming up in Australia, and then in Hollywood, you play a little bit of the persona of yourself, which is you but it’s just sometimes a bit exaggerated for comic effect or a bit heightened,” Wilson explains.
However, she says that “there are other levels of my personality, like I am extremely shy, which most people don’t quite get until they meet me in a certain situation."
“That was my first hurdle that I had to overcome,” Wilson says. “I know a lot of people think I’m exactly like my characters like Fat Amy … but then there are just other sides.”
For instance, theSenior Yearactress and producer says “a lot of people are shocked when they find out I’ve got a law degree, or that I lived a year in Africa.”
The book will also feature stories aboutBrad Pittand memories with herPitch Perfectcostars.
“I was a fan girl before I came to Hollywood, and I always like hearing people’s stories about the run-ins with celebs,” Wilson says of sharing her own Hollywood stories.
Wilson also looked through her old diaries for inspiration. “It was crazy to see my mindset and to see where I was at at those different ages, like 16 or 23, or getting rejected from all these drama schools and just being completely rejected, being an actor, and then thinking, ‘Oh, is this really what I should be doing with my life?’ To have those original letters and diary entries — interesting to go back and remember.”
Rebel Wilson and fiancée Ramona Agruma in May.Mike Marsland/WireImage
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As for how life as a new mom to 9-month-old daughterRoyce Lillian, whom she shares withfiancée Ramona Agruma, influenced which stories she included, Wilson says it’s “just my storytelling in my way.”
“She’ll probably be really embarrassed [someday.] ‘Oh, my God. Mom, why did you write that?’ ” says Wilson with a laugh.
Of her decision to write the memoir (reportedly a multi million dollar deal): “There’s a lot of stories and personal stuff that I’ve never ever talked about. The book is this forum because it’s me just sitting down telling my own story, and that was the right forum for some of these more emotional things.”
Rebel Risingis out April 2, 2024.
source: people.com
