Rebel Wilson covers the July issue of Marie Claire UK, partly to promote Grimsby (which was out months ago) and mostly to promote her supporting role in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Rebel chats about how Jennifer Saunders (the creator/writer of AbFab) was one of her first big role models and inspirations, which I totally get. Saunders is such a comedic genius and Rebel should look up to Saunders. Rebel also chats about her no-nudity clause, and whether she’s “too independent” for a relationship. Some highlights:

She’s a huge AbFab fan: “As a teenager I’d put Ab Fab on instead of working. Jennifer Saunders was the first woman I ever saw on TV who wrote and performed her own material.”

How she started performing: “I was so unusually shy, bordering on a social disorder. So my mum – one day she drives me to this community acting class. I was holding on to the car door and crying. She had to peel me off the car. She’s like, ‘I’ll pick you up in two hours,’ And she left me.”

Sacha Baron Cohen wanted her to do a nude scene in Grimby: “They wanted full-frontal nudity. We write in the contract, specifically, ‘No nudity.’ They got in another girl – this larger burlesque dancer from South Africa – to be a nude double. And they got her to do all this stuff. Sacha would go, ‘See, she looks good.’ I’m like, I’m not doing it. I don’t care what you say.”

She would do nudity for a drama though: “You want to know that the people [behind the camera] have a certain sensibility and decency. And a lot of times in comedy they’re not those people.”

She’s single these days: “I’m very independent to the point where I’m too independent. If you’re a successful woman, you want to find the right person, but you don’t necessarily need them. I don’t know whether that sounds weird, but there’s a whole crop of young women who are in that situation now. I don’t want to settle for someone if they’re not right but, because I get to do such awesome fun stuff all the time, I really want to share that with somebody. We’ll see. I’m definitely on the look out. I’m trying to put it out there, but I don’t know whether the right person is in Hollywood — you only meet actors or musicians here.”

Hollywood glamour: “I’ve always tried to use my brain to get places. There’s so many glamorous people in Hollywood I just never want to compete with that… even the men get their skin lasered.’

[From Marie Claire UK]

I understand what she means with this: “I’m very independent to the point where I’m too independent. If you’re a successful woman, you want to find the right person, but you don’t necessarily need them.” I’m like that, and I’m not trying to make it sound glamorous or anything, it’s just the way I am. I like having my own way. I like doing my own thing without answering to anyone or checking in with anyone. I make my own money, I like my privacy and my alone-time. Which means that, for better or for worse, I enjoy being single. Also, she was right to follow her instincts with the nudity thing in Grimsby.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Marie Claire UK.