


John Lithgow: The SAG Award-winning star of Netflix’s The Crown has been added to the cast, though his character description is being kept under wraps.ĭJ Khaled: The hip-hop savant teased his role on social media, but didn’t provide many details about his character other than the fact that he has a “major role” on set.Ī photo posted by Anna Kendrick on at 4:43pm PST Ruby Rose and Trinidad James: The Orange Is the New Black star and rapper join the cast to play members of two competing singing groups. 6, Kendrick shared the first photo of the cast on her Instagram, confirming a slate of returning stars who were pictured with already confirmed castmembers Wilson, Snow and Camp. She captioned the snap: “team.” Kay Cannon: The screenwriter penned the first two installments and returned to write the third script.Ĭhrissie Fit (Flo), Shelley Regner (Ashley), Ester Dean (Cynthia Rose), Hana Mae Lee (Lilly) and Kelley Jakle (Jessica): On Jan. Sie also choreographed the viral music videos for Ok Go, including “Upside Down & Inside Out” and “Here it Goes Again.” Trish Sie: Sie had only directed one film but it was key to her getting the job: Step Up All In, the fifth installment of the franchise. She remains on the film as a producer, along with her husband, Max Handelman, and Gold Circle’s Paul Brooks. Banks made her directorial debut with the second film and co-produced the firs. And I can’t let that seep into my brain either.Elizabeth Banks: The actress-filmmaker, who has appeared in both films as commentator Gail Abernathy-McKadden, was initially set to return to the director’s chair for the third installment. “Along with me being young and growing and not able to be on a diet, I don’t know if I want all of the girls who are going to dress up as Katniss to feel like they can’t because they’re not a certain weight. “I remember the biggest conversation was, ‘ How much weight are you going to lose?‘” Lawrence said of her “Hunger Games” breakout role. Yet Wilson is not the only star whose weight has been the topic of discussion among casting directors and contract obligations: Bryce Dallas Howard and Jennifer Lawrence both shared their respective issues with studios demanding they lose weight for certain roles. Wilson additionally shared an “awful” #MeToo encounter with an unnamed male co-star who “tried to destroy me and my career” following the assault. “I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince,” Wilson took to social media with her partner, “but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess #loveislove.” The “Senior Year” star opened up about feeling pressured to come out as queer in June 2022 due to a Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reporter allegedly threatening to “out” her. “It really hit me hard, because I was living a fantastic bigger life.” “I went to see a fertility doctor, and he was like, ‘You’d have a much better chance with fertility if you were healthier,'” Wilson said.

Wilson’s personal health also influenced her decision to shed the weight. Rebel Wilson Falls for Charlotte Gainsbourg in ‘The Almond and the Seahorse’ Trailer But then I did want to do more things, and I felt like being the bigger girl you’re just more pigeonholed.” “I was stereotyped in playing that fat, funny friend, which is so hard because I love those roles,” Wilson recalled, calling her past characters “so confident and ballsy” in “Pitch Perfect” and beyond. Wilson unveiled an 80-pound weight loss in 2022. “Pitch Perfect” debuted in 2012, followed by subsequent 20 installments. Yeah, you have to kind of stay at the weight. “You can’t lose, I think it’s not more than 10 pounds, or gain more than 10 pounds. “I couldn’t lose a massive amount of weight, because I was in the contract for that movie,” Wilson said during Spotify’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast. Wilson, who famously played Fat Amy in the film trilogy, revealed she was forbidden from fluctuating in weight across the movies. Rebel Wilson said she was not allowed to change her physique during the “ Pitch Perfect” era due to a strict contract.
