Emerson Phillips
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night to promote her new Netflix comedy ‘Senior Year,’ Rebel Wilson says she was “a little bit cheeky” in high school.
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The 27-year-old Australian actress brought a copy of her yearbook to look through with Kimmel during her guest appearance on the show. And while she says she was a good student, she once played a diabolical prank on one of her teachers.
“In the boarding house, I would mastermind the escapes because there was a boys school next door,” Wilson told Kimmel. “We had bars on our windows — it was that type of good Christian school. And then I would organize the escapes to go. I’d work out all the passcodes for the alarms, like, ‘Let’s go, let’s go.’ Then one time, I locked a teacher in a cupboard for four hours.”
Wilson said, the teacher was “mean” and “it was really good revenge.” She said the teacher cried after being pushed into the cupboard.
“I know it’s a bit bad. I feel a bit bad now,” she said. “She could never tell which girl it was that pushed her in,” Wilson continued. “So, they lined us up and were like, ‘Which one was it?’ And I’m like, ‘Don’t say anything, guys. Don’t say anything.’ And then no one ratted me out.”
Wilson had star power even in high school.
“I was voted deputy head girl, which is kind of like the second most popular girl at the school,” Wilson said. “Which is why I’m on the front cover of the (yearbook).”
In ‘Senior Year’ Wilson plays a 37-year-old cheerleader who wakes up from a 20-year coma. The comedy is set for a May 13 release date on Netflix.
