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Rebecca Ferguson Gets Candid: “I Will Shove Someone Under a Bus to Make a Point”
Rebecca Ferguson Gets Candid: “I Will Shove Someone Under a Bus to Make a Point”-March 2024
Mar 11, 2026 4:17 AM

Rebecca Ferguson is giving some additional insight into her widely reported on-set clash with another movie star.

The Mission: Impossible actress, who next stars in Netflixs thriller A House of Dynamite, spoke to The U.K.s Times, where she was asked about her previous viral comments about an unnamed top-billed co-star who screamed at her, prompting the actress to refuse to shoot scenes with him for the rest of the production.

The Times asked if she had heard from the actor since her comments were widely reported last year. Ferguson said she hadnt and that I dont care, and noted, other people who have worked with this person also had a shitty time. All that said, Ferguson suggested the situation was actually rather complex and that she was not blameless, the Times paraphrased.

Going back to directly quoting Ferguson, she reportedly added, I will shove someone under a bus in front of an entire crew to make a point. I dont applaud my own behaviour in that. Its a really tricky world. 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, its really tricky. Theyll fire you and give the job to someone else.

In her original revelations, Ferguson said, I did a film with an absolute idiot of a co-star doesnt matter who it is. Im going to try not to give this away, but I remember there was a moment, and this human being was being so insecure and angry because this person couldnt get the scenes out. And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got screamed at, she said.

She explained that because this person was number one on the call sheet, there was no safety net for her. So no one had my back. And I would cry walking off set, Ferguson said. This person would literally look at me in front of the whole crew and say, You call yourself an actor? This is what I have to work with? What is this? And I stood there just breaking.

Fergusonsaid she felt scared after the ordeal and confronted her co-star, noting it was the first time she spoke up for herself as an actor. I looked at this person, and I said, You get off my set. You can F off. Im gonna work towards a tennis ball. I never want to see you again.

After the producers informed her she couldnt do that to the number one and the person would have to remain on set, Ferguson said, The person can turn around, and I can act to the back of the head. And thats what she did. I remember thinking that time I was so scared. I feel it now when Im saying it, she continued. But I thought, It shouldnt have to be that way.

After the comments went viral and sparked a guessing game as to which actor she was talking about, Ferguson said in a follow-up interview that she received panicked phone calls.

I got phone calls from amazing co-stars who Ive worked with going, You understand what youve done, right?! she continued. And I was like, Oh my God. No, I didnt think. I mean, its not my responsibility, to be honest. I dont really care. You know, Youre great, but my story is my story, and if youre a good person, then dont worry about it.

Both Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt publicly denied they were the idiot co-star. Johnson posted on X, Hate seeing this but love seeing her stand up to bullshit. Rebecca was my guardian angel sent from heaven on set. I love that woman. Id like to find out who did this. Blunt denied it was her through a rep statement that read, Rebecca and Emily are friends and theres nothing but love between them.

Ferguson has also ruled out Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.

Speaking of Cruise, in the new interview, she also spoke fondly of her frequent M:I co-star, calling him a man-child in a good way. I often joke that theres someone with a tranquilizer gun and a net looking for him. Its frustrating because youre ready to shoot and the suns going down. Tom goes, What are we waiting for? and I go, You! And he laughs and goes, Fuck, Im sorry.

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