Rebel Wilson's Pitch Perfect Contract Bans Her From Losing Weight

Rebel Wilson, who played Fat Amy, has revealed that her Pitch Perfect contract forbade her from losing any weight.

Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson has revealed her contract with the hit 2012 film has kept her from losing weight. The hit musical stars Anna Kendrick as Becca, a freshman who joins her university's all-female singing group Bellas. Wilson, who played a character named Fat Amy in the film, will also appear in 2015's Pitch Perfect 2 and 2017's Pitch Perfect 3.

In a recent Call Her Daddy podcast interview, Wilson revealed that her contract prevented her weight from fluctuating throughout the Pitch Perfect franchise.

The actor revealed last year that she had lost nearly 80 pounds, explaining that while she enjoyed her time playing Fat Amy and other similar characters, she was interested in getting fitter and avoiding being "pigeon-cooped" by certain types "figure. Check out Wilson's full commentary on her weight loss decision below:

“I did wait until ‘Pitch Perfect’ seemed like it was over. I couldn’t lose a massive amount of weight because it was in the contracts for that movie. You can’t lose — I think it’s not more than 10 pounds or gain more than 10 pounds. You have to kind of stay at the weight. It’s in your contract. “I was thinking for awhile that I’d like get healthier. I was stereotyped in playing that fat, funny friend, which is so hard because I love those roles. I love doing the roles, I love those characters. But then I did want to do more things, but I felt like being the bigger girl, you’re just more pigeonholed.”

Hollywood's Obsession With Female Actors' Weights

As has been the case for decades, Hollywood still holds to certain unrealistic beauty standards for actresses. In recent years, there have been countless cases where female stars have been asked to lose weight in order to play leading roles. For example, Bryce Dallas Howard revealed last year that She's being forced to lose weight for Jurassic World Reigns, which is nothing new for her, hinting that similar demands have been made in the past.

Likewise, Jennifer Lawrence shared last year that she was asked to lose weight before starring in the Hunger Games series in 2012. Lawrence again clarified in her comments that this isn't the first time she's experienced such a demanding nature. The star went on to explain that, ultimately, she chose not to lose weight because of the impact it could have on her younger fans and their own body image.

Howard and Lawrence were able to use their powers as actors to refuse weight loss requests, but the fact that they were asked to lose weight shows how far Hollywood still has to go in the way it treats actresses and their bodies. Much like Howard and Lawrence were forced to conform to unrealistic physical standards to play leading ladies, Wilson's weight is clearly part of what executives think makes her Pitch Perfect character an interesting sidekick The player, not the personality underneath it.

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