New behind-the-scenes footage has emerged of a sex scene from the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby after actress Rebel Wilson accused that movie’s star Sacha Baron Cohen of behaving like an “asshole” on set and pressuring her to “go naked” without a body double and perform other lewd acts against her wishes. In the never-before-seen video, published exclusively by The Daily Mail on Friday, Wilson can be seen collaborating on the intimate choreography, and the outlet quotes unnamed producers and “those close to” Baron Cohen who claim she was on board with the scripted sex scene, which she had “read and approved in advance.” In response, Wilson said in a statement, “It is an asshole move to release footage of one part of that disgusting episode while leaving out everything that preceded it including my horrified refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s butt,” adding, “Releasing unauthorized and misleading behind the scenes video without my approval is SBC’s latest way of bullying and gaslighting me.” Baron Cohen himself has called her allegations, which are outlined in her new memoir Rebel Rising, “demonstrably false.”
