Rebecca Ferguson knows how to hold her own on set and now it appears she has additional support from “Jungle Cruise” duo Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
Johnson and Blunt, in separate statements, showed love to their former co-star Ferguson after she revealed that a behind-the-scenes interaction with “an absolutely idiotic co-star” left her crying and wanting to stand up. For herself. “This human being was so insecure and angry because this person couldn't pull off the scenes,” she recalled in a new episode of Josh Smith's “Reign” podcast, released Tuesday.
The “Dune: Part Two” and “Mission Impossible” star added: “I think because I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got yelled at. Because this person was number one on a call sheet, there was no safety net for me. “No one supported me and I cried when I left the set.”
Ferguson told Smith he returned to the undisclosed project the next day and stood his ground against his co-star, ordering them to “get off my set.” “I remember being so scared,” she said, recalling how she told the fellow actor to “fuck off.” The producers told Ferguson that the unnamed actor had to remain on the project, but allowed him to continue filming without seeing them eye to eye. Ferguson also recalled receiving approval from the film's director, whom he also did not name.
“The director said, 'You're right, I don't take care of the others. I'm trying to fool this person because he's very unstable,'” Ferguson said. “It took me a long time to get to that, but from that point on, I never allowed myself to get to a point where I came home and said, 'Why did that happen?' “
In his interview, Ferguson was careful not to hint at any particular actor. However, he confirmed that neither his “Greatest Showman” co-star, Hugh Jackman, nor his “Mission: Impossible” love interest, Tom Cruise, caused him pain. When the “Reign” episode went viral on Tuesday, social media users began speculating who exactly was at the center of Ferguson's comments.
Among the curious Internet sleuths was Johnson, who tweeted his support for Ferguson. “I hate to see this, but I love watching her face ab—,” she said. wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Ferguson and Johnson shared the screen in the 2014 action film “Hercules.”
“Rebecca was my guardian angel sent from heaven on our set,” The Rock continued. “I love that woman. “I would like to know who did this.”
Hours after Johnson's tweet, a rep for Blunt responded to speculation swirling around the “Oppenheimer” star, who shared the screen with Ferguson in 2016's “The Girl on the Train.” In a Wednesday statement to the Daily Mail , Blunt's rep said, “Rebecca and Emily are friends and there is nothing but love between them.”
Still, Ferguson's online fans are in the search to find the anonymous actor. However, identifying the actor who indirectly helped Ferguson find his voice could take some time. Since he began his film career in the early 2000s, Ferguson has starred alongside a handful of actors, including Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Justin Theroux, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor.
Later in his interview for “Reign,” Ferguson highlighted the safety he felt on the set of “Dune: Part Two” and the “friendly and professional” cast and crew he worked with. “From my perspective, she was sitting there feeling like she was holding everyone's hand,” she said before talking about her co-star Christopher Walken.
“Dune: Part Two” stars Ferguson as Lady Jessica, the mother of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a royal heir turned desert-dwelling warrior. Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic opens Friday and also stars Zendaya, Austin Butler, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh and Léa Seydoux.
