Dune star Rebecca Ferguson has revealed that a former film co-star ‘screamed’ at her and left her walking off set crying.
The Swedish actress, 40, opened up about life on set as a younger star when she appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the Reign with Josh Smith podcast.
During the podcast, Rebecca revealed that there is one ‘absolute idiot of a co-star’ she will never work with again after how they treated her on the set of a previous film – but confirmed it was not Hugh Jackman or Tom Cruise, who she acted alongside in The Greatest Showman and Mission Impossible.
‘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,’ she said. ‘And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got screamed at.
‘But because this person was number one on a call sheet, there was no safety net for me. So no one had my back. And I would cry walking off set.’
Dune star Rebecca Ferguson revealed on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast on Tuesday that a former film co-star ‘screamed’ at her and left her walking off set crying
The Swedish actress, 40, opened up about life on set as a younger star when she appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the podcast
Rebecca recalled that the co-star would say things to her on set like ‘You call yourself an actor?’, ‘This is what I have to work with?’, and ‘What the f**k is this?,’ in front of the whole crew.
‘I stood there just breaking,’ she said.
Rebecca hoped she would have the support of producers in that situation but said she did not.
However after being subjected to the co-star’s temper, Rebecca claimed she walked in the next day and spoke up for the first time. ‘You get off my set,’ she told the co-star.
‘I remember being so scared,’ she said. ‘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.”‘
Rebecca claimed producers told her she could not do that to the actor in question, referred to as ‘number one’, because they had to be on set.
But the actress stood her ground and said instead the co-star could turn around and she would act to the back of their head. ‘And I did,’ she aid. ‘And I remember thinking that time, I was so scared.’
Rebecca said she then went to the director after the scene demanding to know why that behaviour was allowed to continue.
During the podcast, Rebecca revealed that there is one ‘absolute idiot of a co-star’ she will never work with again after how they treated her on the set of a previous film (seen at the New York premiere for Dune: Part Two)
Rebecca confirmed the co-star in question was not Hugh Jackman, who she acted alongside in The Greatest Showman (pictured)
She also assured fans the ‘screaming’ performer was not her Mission Impossible co-star Tom Cruise (pictured together in Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning)
She added: ‘The director said, “You’re right. I am not taking care of everyone else. I’m trying to fluff this person. Because it’s so unstable.”
‘It was great from that moment, but it took so long for me to get to that. It’s within my last 10 or 12 years and I’ve acted since I was 16.’
During the episode, Rebecca also spoke about the valuable lessons she has learned from working with Timothée Chalamet on Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two.
‘I’m just having fun and I’m doing a plethora of different things, you know,’ she said.
‘He’s carrying things. I remember the moments where I would giggle and have fun and I could sense that it wasn’t really helping him. So I think I learned a lot from looking at the process of one of our incredible independent actors on the set of a studio movie.’
She added: ‘The respect that you need to hold for everyone… I’ve learned more from him without him knowing it.’
It comes after reviews for Dune: Part Two showed it may be an even bigger hit than the first instalment.
Director Denis Villeneuve tackled author Frank Herbert’s massive 1965 sci-fi masterpiece with a two-part film, splitting the 896-page book in half.
During the podcast episode, Rebecca also spoke about the valuable lessons she has learned from working with Timothée Chalamet on Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two
She said: ‘The respect that you need to hold for everyone… I’ve learned more from him without him knowing it’
The first film – 2021’s Dune – was praised by critics as well, to the tune of an impressive 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes out of 509 reviews, and a 90% audience rating as well.
The first wave of reviews have come in for Dune Part 2 ahead of its March 1 release, earning an incredible 97% from 112 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, as the stars such as Timothee and Zendaya continue a global press tour.
While it’s RT score will likely fluctuate as more reviews come in, the film only has three negative reviews thus far.
The film is set on the planet of Arrakis, where young Paul Atreides (Chalamet) teams up with Chani (Zendaya) and her Fremen people to take back what his rightfully his.
The novel is widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time, but previous attempts to adapt it have failed, including an unproduced version by Alejandro Jodorowsky that was chronicled in the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, a 1984 adaptation by David Lynch and a 2000 mini-series.
Villeneuve’s decision to split the massive book in half appears to have paid off, with a resounding response from critics, many of whom weren’t huge fans of the 2021 first half.
