Dune star Rebecca Ferguson reveals she refused to work with former film co-star again after they ‘screamed’ at her and left her in tears – but insists it’s NOT Hugh Jackman or Tom Cruise

Dune star Rebecca Ferguson has revealed that a former co-star of the film ‘yelled’ at her and made her leave the set crying.

The Swedish actress, 40, opened up about life on set as a younger star when she appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Reign with Josh Smith podcast.

During the podcast, Rebecca revealed there’s an ‘absolute idiot of a co-star’ who she will never work with again after the way they treated her on the set of a previous film – but confirmed it wasn’t Hugh Jackman or Tom Cruise which she played alongside The Greatest Showman and Mission Impossible.

“I remember there was a moment where this human being was so insecure and angry because this person couldn’t get the scenes out,” she said. “And I think I was so vulnerable and uncomfortable that I got yelled at.

‘But because this person was number one on the call list, there was no safety net for me. So no one had my back. And I would cry when I left the set.”

The Swedish actress, 40, opened up about life on set as a younger star when she appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the podcast

Rebecca recalled the co-star saying things to her on set like “Do you call yourself an actor?”, “This is what I have to work with?” and ‘What the hell is this?’ in front of the entire crew.

“I just stood there breaking,” she said.

Rebecca hoped she would get support from producers in that situation, but said that wasn’t the case.

But after being exposed to the co-star’s temper, Rebecca claims she came in the next day and spoke up for the first time. “Get off my set,” she told the co-star.

“I remember being so scared,” she said. “I looked at this person and said, ‘You can leave. I’m going to work on a tennis ball. I never want to see you again.’

Rebecca claimed that producers told her she couldn’t do that with the actor in question, also known as ‘number one’, because they had to be on set.

But the actress stood her ground and said the co-star could turn around and she would act against the back of their heads. “And I did,” she helped. “And I remember thinking at the time that I was so scared.”

Rebecca said she went to the director after the scene and asked why that behavior was allowed to continue.

During the podcast, Rebecca revealed that there is an “absolute idiot of a co-star” who she will never work with again after how they treated her on the set of a previous film (seen at the New York premiere of Dune: Part Two)

Rebecca confirmed that the co-star in question was not Hugh Jackman, who she co-starred with in The Greatest Showman (pictured)

She also assured fans that the “screaming” performer was not her Mission Impossible co-star Tom Cruise (pictured together in Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning)

She added: “The director said, ‘You’re right. I don’t take care of the rest. I’m trying to figure this person out. Because it’s so unstable.’

“It was great from then on, but it took me so long to get there. It’s been the last 10 to 12 years and I’ve been acting since I was 16.”

During the episode, Rebecca also talked about the valuable lessons she learned working with Timothée Chalamet on Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two.

“I’m just having fun and doing a lot of different things, you know,” she said.

“He carries things. I remember times when I was giggling and having fun and I felt like it wasn’t really helping him. So I think I learned a lot from watching the process of one of our incredible independent actors on the set of a studio film.”

She added, “The respect you have to have for everyone… I learned more from him without him knowing.”

It comes after reviews for Dune: Part Two suggested it could be an even bigger hit than the first part.

Director Denis Villeneuve treated author Frank Herbert’s massive 1965 science fiction masterpiece with a two-part film, splitting the 896-page book in two.

During the podcast episode, Rebecca also talked about the valuable lessons she learned working with Timothée Chalamet on Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two

She said: ‘The respect you have to have for everyone… I learned more from him without him knowing.’

The first film – 2021’s Dune – was also critically acclaimed, with an impressive 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 509 reviews, as well as a 90% audience rating.

The first wave of reviews have arrived for Dune Part 2 ahead of its March 1 release, earning a whopping 97% based on 112 reviews Rotten tomatoeswhile stars like Timothee and Zendaya continue their global press tour.

While the RT score will likely fluctuate as more reviews come in, the film has only received three negative reviews so far.

The film is set on the planet Arrakis, where young Paul Atreides (Chalamet) teams up with Chani (Zendaya) and her Fremen people to take back what is rightfully his.

The novel is widely considered one of the best science fiction novels of all time, but previous attempts to adapt it have failed, including an unproduced version by Alejandro Jodorowsky that was chronicled in the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, a 1984 adaptation of David Lynch and a 2000 miniseries.

Villeneuve’s decision to split the massive book in half appears to be paying off, with a thunderous response from critics, many of whom weren’t big fans of the first half of 2021.