Bogan Pride

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 10

02 October 2008 | 16:29 - By Rebel Wilson

Okay peeps well BOGAN PRIDE is officially ‘in the can.’ Yep, all filming is finished (although we still had drama right up until the last hour with a cast member going missing because they were apparently doing hard drugs out the back – see clip). We had what’s called a ‘Wrap Party’ to celebrate the end of principal photography and it was really awesome. A lot of the team got totally sloshed so there was ‘a lot of love’ in the room. Ryan and Tash made out (13 times... not like I was starring at them hoping that Tash would fall over the balcony or anything) but I made out with heaps of great ‘thank you’ gifts – like serious gifts, like from Tiffany’s! (Kate you shouldn’t have! Did I tell you that you are my favourite performer out of all the cast? [Mermaid face])


The other cool thing was that when we were all gyrating on the dance floor together all the dramas from the past months – like people calling me a ‘fat ugly unfunny bushpig’ – seemed to disintegrate away and I’m sure that we’re now all going to be great friends.

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 9

29 September 2008 | 10:08 - By Rebel Wilson

You know how there’s that classic image of a cream pie getting flung into a comic’s face? Well yesterday whilst filming BOGAN PRIDE I had a meat pie covered in tomato sauce flung into my face. It was gross (sooo not lickable, the sauce looked a bit like period blood) – but I guess that I was happy to do it ‘for the comedy’ of the show.


Actually throughout these past weeks I’ve really been putting my body and self-respect on the line in the name of ‘comedy.’ I’ve let birds poo on my head; I’ve eaten two week old stale donuts; I’ve let the director burn my fringe.

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 8

25 September 2008 | 14:50 - By Rebel Wilson

So if you saw the clip from my last blog you’ll know that I was forced to go on a hunger strike... probably not the most mature thing to do but at least I didn’t shave my head and neglect my children. This wasn’t an option unfortunately - I don’t have any kids (unlike many bogan chicks my age who have already popped out like 5 kids so that they could buy a massive plasma T.V. with the government’s baby bonus) and I can’t shave my head because I’ve got this very special two-toned hairstyle for the show which I affectionately call my 'Top Deck' (this is because I have a white chocolate coloured fringe and the back is milk chocolate coloured...delicious).


It’s probably my most favourite hairstyle I’ve had ever, so I can’t wait for you guys to see it in action – sometimes it gets crimped too so embrace yourself for that awesomeness!

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 7

22 September 2008 | 14:39 - By Rebel Wilson

Apparently last year in America this roller-coaster flew right off its tracks and the people inside were all badly injured. Today whilst filming Bogan Pride I felt like I was on an emotional roller-coaster... which did the same thing.

The day started off at 5am (as usual, no bludging when you’re an actor/writer/producer!) and when I got to set to my delight I saw that the Chef had prepared pancakes for breakfast! Good Thing Number 1.


Fanny (the Asian girl in the show – sorry, major tangent but whenever the director yells "Close up on Fanny" people walking past think we’re making a porn film... when we say, "No, no, it’s just a show for SBS" that doesn’t seem to change their mind) – anyways Fanny thought that me devouring 6 pancakes was too much but I disagreed... and soon after so did my stomach. CUT TO: me racing to the bathroom, and staying there for 20 minutes. Bad Thing Number 1.

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 6

18 September 2008 | 9:08 - By Rebel Wilson

Well I’m past the half way mark now! Yep, we’ve just completed Week 3 of the 5 weeks of filming for BOGAN PRIDE. Yay! This week was particularly hard because apart from the hiccup at the school (see previous blog) this week ended up being a 6 day shooting week.

You see we had to film a massive musical number at this outdoor public pool in North Melbourne – and in the script it’s supposed to be a hot 30 degree summer’s day however on Friday, our scheduled day to film this number, it was 8 degrees!!!


We did as much as we could but my lips and then my entire face turned blue and so we had to stop and come back on Saturday as well. All night I was praying for a freak heatwave but the temperature only climbed to 9 degrees!!! It was so cold even twelve buckets of hot chips couldn’t warm me up.

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 5

15 September 2008 | 14:51 - By Rebel Wilson

Today was a day of comedy ‘on screen’ but mega drama ‘off screen.’ OMG! The whole production was almost shut down. Yep, BOGAN PRIDE was almost reduced to bogan nothing!

You see we’ve been filming a lot at this high school in Melbourne’s western suburb of Sunshine (cool name for a suburb isn’t it!) and when you film at a real school apparently there are all these restrictions – like you can’t do nudity, you can’t swear obsessively, you can’t light a bucket bong etc.


It is a bit annoying but we totally respected the school Principal and his guidelines so I cut out the big bucket bong scene…and then when it came to doing the scene about the teacher humping a desk, I couldn’t cut it because it was just too funny BUT we blacked out all the windows so that the students couldn’t see a thing. It was all very responsible. I made sure of that.

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 4

11 September 2008 | 15:54 - By Rebel Wilson

Alright, if I thought I was ‘bogan’ before I started filming BOGAN PRIDE, now I am ‘off the charts super mega bogan.’ Like if they had a slurpee which was ‘bogan flavoured’ – it’d be me ground up!


Because of my hectic schedule right now I don’t wear anything classier than an ill-fitting tracksuit…I don’t have time to brush my hair…and the only place I’ve been ‘going out’ to is the drive thru.

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My Bogan Diary - Blog 3

08 September 2008 | 11:54 - By Rebel Wilson

Things are getting interesting on the set of Bogan Pride. Here's Rebel Wilson with a tale of heavy sweats, secret pashes and acting like a mermaid.


Okay so we’re into our second week of filming and my romance with Ryan (who plays the hunkiest guy in the show ‘Nick’) is really heating up. Every time I’m around him I sweat so much that I need a Shammy. Seriously. (A shout out to Polly who is the Stand-By Wardrobe Girl who always has my Shammy standing by – you are amazing).

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About this Blog

Bogan Pride is a new six part, half-hour musical comedy television series written and starring Rebel Wilson. Stay tuned to this site for all the goss about how BOGAN PRIDE is coming along! Each week Rebel will be posting a new blog with exclusive clips and pics.

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, writer and unemployed model. She is perhaps best known for her roles as ‘Toula’ in the television show Pizza and as ‘Lucy’ in the sketch comedy series The Wedge.

At an early age she was kicked out of Jazzercise for being ‘too experimental with the choreography’ (she high-kicked the teacher in the vagina after she’d said Rebel was too fat for leotards) but Rebel went on to study at The Australian Theatre for Young People and then on scholarship with the renowned US comedy school Second City.

Her skills (including awesome num-chucking skills) first came to the public’s attention in 2002 when she wrote and starred in the musical stage plays The Westie Monologues, Spunks and later Confessions of an Exchange Student. Now she does a multitude of things but doesn’t get out of bed for less than ten dollars.

 
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