Rebel Wilson reveals she earned just $3.5K for role in Bridesmaids - but her salary then shot up to $10 MILLION on Pitch Perfect 3 six years later

Rebel Wilson revealed she made just $3,500 for Bridesmaids - only for her salary to rocket into eight figures as her star rose in Hollywood.

The actress, 44, has just released her bombshell memoir Rebel Rising, containing shock claims about her experience with 'a**hole' British star Sacha Baron Cohen, 52.

But although Sacha has dominated the headlines, the book ranges all across Rebel's career, and spills the juicy details on the money she made as a movie star.

One of her early breaks was a small part in Paul Feig's 2011 smash Bridesmaids, amid a star-studded cast including Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Rose Byrne. 

Her brief appearance in that film was enough to net her a role in the musical Pitch Perfect, which catapulted her to stardom - to the point that by 2017 she was making a staggering $10 million salary for Pitch Perfect 3.

Rebel Wilson revealed she made just $3,500 for Bridesmaids (pictured) - only for her salary to rocket into eight figures as her star rose in Hollywood

Pitch Perfect then catapulted her to stardom - to the point that by 2017 she was making a staggering $10 million salary for Pitch Perfect 3, which she is pictured in with Anna Kendrick

She did not mind her comparatively tiny wage on Bridesmaids, as it was sufficient to get her into SAG-AFTRA, enabling her Hollywood career to continue.

'The experience was everything!' she gushed, writing that Bridesmaids was her 'first opportunity in Hollywood that changed the trajectory of my whole career.' 

Bridesmaids bowed near the end of April 2011, and in the space of two weeks, Rebel had secured parts in six upcoming movies.

Among those, it was the musical comedy Pitch Perfect starring Anna Kendrick that made Rebel a major celebrity upon its release in 2012.

In 2015, Pitch Perfect 2, directed by Elizabeth Banks, came out - and secured the biggest box office opening of a movie musical in history.

By the time the third movie was percolating, however, the brass were considering replacing several of the original cast members.

Inasmuch as the movie centered on college students, the Pitch Perfect stalwarts like Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp and Brittany Snow were regarded as having aged out.

Hailee Steinfeld had been integrated into the franchise in Pitch Perfect 2, and a previous plan for Pitch Perfect 3 was to have her lead an otherwise new cast.

Bridesmaids bowed near the end of April 2011, and in the space of two weeks, Rebel had secured parts in six upcoming movies, including the first Pitch Perfect (pictured)

In 2015, Pitch Perfect 2 (pictured), directed by Elizabeth Banks, came out - and secured the biggest box office opening of a movie musical in history

However, Pitch Perfect 2 was a thunderous runaway success and the original cast members were able to remain in its sequel alongside Hailee.

Because of the box office triumph of Pitch Perfect 3, Rebel was able to have her salary for its follow-up haggled up to $10 million. 

Rebel quipped that she wants to retreat to a log cabin now the tome is out in the public domain during a chat on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

She said: 'I will probably go private after this for the next eight to ten years because I share so much in the book.

Referring to daughter Royce and fiancee Ramona Agruma, she added: 'After this I'm going to go into a log cabin with Ramona and the baby or something.'

Footage from the sex scene in the 2016 film where Wilson claims Baron Cohen told her to 'stick her finger up' his butt seems to show that the action was actually part of the script and the actress was on board with the scene.

Rebel Wilson has revealed she plans to go off the grid after the release of her bombshell memoir, Rebel Rising on Tuesday

The actress , 44, whose memoir makes shock claims about her experience with 'a**hole' British star Sacha Baron Cohen, 52, said she wants to retreat to a log cabin now the tome is out in the public domain during a chat on The Kelly Clarkson Show

Several never-before-seen clips from the movie The Brothers Grimsby that failed to make the final cut have been obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com and they depict Wilson and Cohen's characters using a cellphone to film themselves getting intimate.

But Wilson is sticking by the claims she made in her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising, where she says that Cohen requested she 'stick your finger up my a**' while his 'male friends' stood around laughing and recording on an iPhone. 

Cohen has called the claims 'demonstrably false' and 'directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence'.

According to those close to Cohen, Leterrier had to discuss any nudity or sex scenes with Wilson before they were shot. They say she agreed to the scene.

They also say that the cell phone was used because the movie called for Dawn and Nobby to use an iPhone to film themselves having sex. 

Several people who worked on the movie and who were present during the filming of the scene have come forward to tell about their experiences on set, supporting Cohen. 

Clips from the scripted scene, which was read and approved by Wilson before filming began, tell a different story, insiders from the movie say.

 Indeed, producers tell DailyMail.com Wilson was well aware of the intimate scene at the time she accepted the role of Dawn and she was 'fully engaged...confidently kissing Nobby'.

Referring to daughter Royce and fiancee Ramona Agruma, she added: 'After this I'm going to go into a log cabin with Ramona and the baby or something' 

The author recently said her daughter's first word was 'mama'

 Wilson claims Sacha Baron Cohen told her to 'stick a finger up his butt' while filming the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby together

In the wake of her statement, Sacha said, 'While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence'

Rebel Wilson tweeted about the incident in 2017, but didn't name Cohen. Wilson wrote, 'A male star in a position of power asked me to go into a room with him and then asked me repeatedly to stick my finger up his a**. All whilst his male ''friends'' tried to film the incident on their iPhone and laughed'

According to a call sheet obtained by DailyMail.com, the scene was shot at a stadium in Cape Town that was made to look like a bedroom. 

The detailed call sheet shows which characters would be needed, which scenes would be shot and included a note in all caps, underlined and in bold that read, 'No personal stills, video or digital photography or tweeting on set at any time including mobile phone cameras.' 

In a statement to DailyMail.com, Wilson doubles down on her book's description of Cohen as an a**hole.

'It is an a**hole move to release footage of one part of that disgusting episode while leaving out everything that preceded it including my horrified refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s butt,' she said.

Wilson branded her sex scene with Sacha Baron Cohen 'the most disgusting thing ever', nine years before calling the star an 'a**hole' in her new memoir

'This could not have possibly been for the film as the director Louis Leterrier was not even present,' she claimed.

'What this edited video shows is what I had to do in order to get out of the room, as written in Rebel Rising. Releasing unauthorized and misleading behind the scenes video without my approval is SBC’s latest way of bullying and gaslighting me.'

Wilson's version of events has changed several times over the years, from claiming the incident took place in a room with 'male friends' recording, to being 'summoned' by Cohen and told on the spot that they needed to film an additional scene.