Rebel Wilson has revealed she was caught up in a ‘freak accident’ on the set of her new film Bride Hard that almost left her face ‘permanently disfigured.’
The 45-year-old actress explained that she got smacked in the nose in a dramatic fight scene on the last day of shooting, which left a ‘pool of blood.’
Luckily, Rebel was quickly sent to see a plastic surgeon who stitched her up.
‘A gun accidentally got whacked across my face,’ Rebel shared in a recent interview. ‘It was just a freak accident, and my nose got split open, so I left set.
‘It was weirdly my last night of shooting. I was like, “How unlucky can I be?”‘
Speaking to Access Hollywood, she continued: ‘I was freaking out. They take an ambulance, and they have to call a plastic surgeon, because if they didn’t, I would have been permanently disfigured.
‘So, we got the plastic surgeon, they did all the stitches, and you can’t tell now.’
Rebel plays a secret agent named Sam in the upcoming action-comedy film alongside fellow Pitch Perfect star Anna Camp.
Rebel Wilson has revealed she was caught up in a ‘freak accident’ on the set of her new film Bride Hard
The 45-year-old actress explained that she got smacked in the nose in a dramatic fight scene
Directed by Simon West and written by Shaina Steinberg, the movie follows Sam (Wilson) as she serves as the maid of honor at her childhood best friend’s lavish wedding, which is taken hostage by mercenaries.
Anna Chlumsky, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Gigi Zumbado, Stephen Dorff, and Justin Hartley also star.
‘There’s so much comedy in this, but there’s also so much action,’ Rebel told Savannah Guthrie during an appearance on the Today show of the film, which is set for release on June 20.
‘I kick butt… it was hardcore.’
Rebel went on to add that she did all the stunts in the movie herself, without the need for a stunt double.
‘I did a bit of karate back in the day when I was younger, and at one point when I was 18 and I was a complete idiot, I went in at an all-star martial arts fighting competition and then I got punched in the face and I thought fighting isn’t for me,’ she continued.
‘But maybe I had some muscle memory left because I do all the fights in this movie and fight off the mercenaries who come to attack the wedding.
‘It was really fun.’
Rebel shared a plastic surgeon was quickly called in to prevent her from being permanently disfigured
The actress stars alongside Anna Camp in Bride Hard, set for release on June 20
Rebel was spotted out and about in New York on June 16. In paparazzi photos she flaunted her trimmed-down figure in a bright red jumpsuit with a V-neck design and retro boxy shoulders.
The flattering garment was tied at the waist with a matching fabric belt and Rebel added a pair of pointed red heels.
She coordinated her makeup to her look with a raspberry lip stain and a warm rosy blush and wore her blonde hair down in soft mermaid waves and largely skipped the accessories.
The actress recently posted to social media to share her latest eating tip as she entered the last week of her ‘health challenge’.
At that time, Rebel said she had shed 1kg over five weeks after cutting chocolate and ice cream from her diet.
The Bridesmaids star posted a selfie to show off a ‘healthy’ evening meal consisting of chicken breast and salad.
