Rebel Wilson has changed a lot over the years. She has gone through both physical and emotional transformations, she has a law degree, and, as revealed in a recent interview with People, the actress has been doing her best to keep her sets free from toxicity.

Her most recent film, the Netflix Original Senior Year, where Wilson plays a cheerleader who falls into a coma for 20 years and wants to complete the last year she missed, she had all of her young co-stars in mind when it came to on-set behavior.

She went on to tell a story which happened to her in her early days as an actress.

While on set, a male co-star subjected Wilson to a horrific act:

"He called me into a room and pulled down his pants."

He then tried to coerce her into an unspecified lewd act in front of his buddies.

"It was awful and disgusting. And all the behavior afterwards - this was all before #MeToo - where they kind of tried to destroy me and my career. If it had happened after #MeToo, then I could have just blasted them. Because I'm a lawyer, I documented it. I called my rep. I got certain things in writing about what happened."

She continued,

"Definitely amongst industry circles, I made sure people knew what happened. Why did I stay in that situation ... with that awful guy? I should have left. It wasn't worth it. But at the same time, I was like, 'Oh well, do the right thing, be a professional and finish the movie.' Now I would never do that."

Wilson is proud of calling the actor out, and is eager to keep that kind of positive action for change in her work going forward,

"I want to have strong girl-power and female empowerment themes in the movies that I make. I want to entertain people and I want people to walk away with something positive."

It is always great to see celebrities who have gone through such abuse bravely share their stories and work toward ending such behavior. Well done, Rebel.

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