Rebel Wilson on Hollywood: ‘If you are a woman you need to be two or three times as good as the guys'

Rebel Wilson is currently promoting her new film Pitch Perfect 2 which sees her star as Fat Patricia or 'Fat Amy' in the American musical comedy directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Kay Cannon.

Wilson would describe this female-driven comedy as a "dream job" compared to other films which she labels the "boy's club" and which require her to be "two or three times as good as the guys".

Talking to ELLE magazine about being an actress in Hollywood she said: "How I see it is, I do two types of job: dream jobs like female-driven comedies and the other job which is basically the boys' club.

"You aren’t being paid much and you start at a disadvantage with the script. Usually, you don’t have any cool jokes and you’re there to support the male actor. Those male roles are 90 per cent written and formed by the time the filming starts but the female roles are only 20 per cent there."

She continued: "It’s unfair, but I love being funny so I improve the role, work with the limited parameters and opportunities and maximise them.

"You need to be two or three times as good as the guys. I just go in there and try and crush it."

The 29-year-old actress also said that fashion is becoming increasingly important to her as she feels that she has a responsibility towards young girls as there aren’t many plus size actresses who are the same age as her.

“I am the type of girl with zero fashion sense but I am getting into it now,” she said. “It’s becoming important for me.

“I saw a lot of girls were beginning to notice what I wear and I feel a kind of responsibility, because there aren’t any women in Hollywood my size and age.”

Talking about her love of acting, Wilson explained that it was a hallucination caused by malaria medication that made her consider it as a profession.

"I was in Mozambique [on a] trip. I caught malaria and the medicines caused a hallucination. I dreamt I won an Oscar for acting.

"I know it sounds stupid, but it was so real and I just knew then it would happen. When I came back, everyone was like: 'Rebel, you can’t be an actress because you’re so smart,' but I was sure.”

Read the full Rebel Wilson interview in ELLE’s May issue - on sale April 2 and online at elleuk.com/rebel