Rebel Wilson Talks Auditioning for Next James Bond Movie, Her Directorial Debut 'The Deb' & One of Her 'Hardest Gigs' in New 'Variety' Interview

Hosting the 2022 BAFTAs was “one of the hardest gigs”

Rebel told Variety that the show was easily “one of the hardest gigs.”

Why? “Two hours before, [they were like] ‘Let’s just change everything.’ So I had to get up there and wing it. There was so much chaos in that show. Certain people don’t come and then they change the order for the show.”

“I don’t think people understand because when they watch the show they don’t know that two hours before [the ceremony began], half of it was thrown out and I had to start over. I was literally in my dressing room at the Royal Albert Hall going, ‘What do I write? What do I write?’ I was lucky I had a live theater background.”

There was a fringe benefit to the project, though…