Rebecca Ferguson spoke about being bullied by an actor on set without naming the celebrity, but many now believe it was Hugh Grant.

The "Greatest Showman" actress appeared on Tuesday's episode of the "Reign with Josh Smith" podcast. During her appearance, she recounted working with an abusive co-star but didn't drop the name of the person in question, prompting several netizens to share their speculations about the issue, and several claimed she was referring to Grant.


"Anyone in Hollywood can tell you it's Hugh Grant re Rebecca Ferguson," one tweeted.

Another added, "I'm going with Hugh Grant."

"Rebecca Ferguson is obviously talking about Hugh Grant," a third user opined.

"My wager for the whole #RebeccaFerguson thing: Hugh Grant, during Florence Foster Jenkins. He does have a bit of a rep for being a d**k," a different user claimed.

"Hugh Grant was horrible to Drew Barrymore bc she 'made the mistake of giving him notes,' a lot of actresses who worked with him hate him, and yet some of you refuse to believe it could be him who screamed at Rebecca Ferguson? lmao pretty sure he eats obnoxiousness for breakfast," another wrote.


Grant previously admitted to having a bad attitude and losing his temper on set. Last year, he shared with Total Film magazine that there was a time when he yelled at a woman on set.

"I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one," the "Notting Hill" star said, recalling the time he shot "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" in Ireland. "I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better. Then it turns out that she's an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl. Terrible."

Grant added that he did "a lot of groveling" after "I did a Christian Bale."

He referred to actor Christian Bale, who screamed at cinematographer Shane Hurlbut on the set of "Terminator Salvation" after the latter walked into the middle of a scene to check the lightning.


Jon Stewart also called out Grant in 2009 for not being so pleasant when he appeared on "The Daily Show" to promote "Did You Hear About The Morgans?"

"He's giving everyone s**t the whole time, and he's a big pain in the a*s," Stewart said of Grant, per Vanity Fair.

Grant didn't deny the issue with Stewart and even wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the host was "correct to give me kicking."

"I did have a tantrum backstage. About once a year, I have a really mega-tantrum, and sadly, he witnessed one," he told Vanity Fair when asked about the incident.


Grant spoke about the same incident in 2020 and detailed how it changed his career, in particular, how Hollywood allegedly gave up on him.

"I developed a bad attitude from about 2005 onwards, shortly after 'Music and Lyrics.' I just had enough. Then I went back in 2009 and made another film," the actor told the Los Angeles Times.

Grant admitted that he made a "massive turkey" with "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" which he co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker. Hollywood reportedly gave up on him, and "the days of being a very well-paid leading man were suddenly gone overnight."

The actor admitted that the whole ordeal was "slightly embarrassing," but in a way, it reportedly "left life free for other things."


Ferguson and Grant previously worked together in 2016's "Florence Foster Jenkins." There are also speculations that the actress could be referring to Michael Fassbender, Jake Gyllenhaal, or Ewan McGregor. She worked with Fassbender in "The Snowman" and Gyllenhaal in "Life" in 2017 and with McGregor in 2019's "Doctor Sleep."

Ferguson recounted the alleged bullying incident when asked about the proudest time she used her own voice. According to Ferguson, her "idiot" co-actor was "so insecure and angry" and berated her in front of the crew. Since the actor was the number one on the call sheet, there was "no safety net for me" and "no one had my back." So, when it was her time to shoot, she asked the actor to leave the set.

"The next day I walked on, I said, 'You get off my set.' It's the first time I've ever spoken. I remember being so scared, and I looked at this person, and I said, 'You can f off. I'm gonna work with a tennis ball. I never want to see you again.'"

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