Rebecca Ferguson has once again addressed that unnamed actor-cum-“absolute idiot” who previously made her life a living hell on set.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, the actress who stars in the upcoming A House of Dynamite said she doesn’t care if the actor realizes she is talking about him … or her.
“Other people who have worked with this person also had a shitty time,” she told the Times. But Ferguson added that the situation was complicated and “I don’t applaud my own behavior in that.”
“It’s a really tricky world,” continued Ferguson. “We put a lot of blame on bullies and when we get older we can understand that people are insecure. When you start standing up for yourself, it’s really tricky. They’ll fire you and give the job to someone else.”
Ferguson said the person has not reached out to her.
In a 2024 interview with the Reign with Josh Smith podcast, the actress recalled how she found her voice in challenging her “absolute idiot” co-star. Ferguson recalled how the person would say things to her like, “You call yourself an actor?” and “This is what I have to work with?” in front of the crew.
“I stood there just breaking,” she remembered. “I remember there was a moment and this human being was being so insecure and angry because this person couldn’t get the scenes out.”
Ferguson said she resolved to challenge her co-star the next day, telling the individual to “get off my set.” She recalled being “so scared” of the confrontation.
“I looked at this person and I said, ‘You can F off. I’m gonna work towards a tennis ball. I never want to see you again.’ And then I remember the producers came up and said, ‘You can’t do this to number one. We have to let this person be on set.’”
Ferguson has confirmed that she was not talking about Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise or Ryan Reynolds, who she starred alongside in The Greatest Showman, Mission Impossible and Life respectively.
A House of Dynamite hits Netflix on Oct. 24.
