Rebel Wilson: 'Comedy is still dominated by powerful men'

Rebel Wilson is concerned female comedians aren't getting their shot at stardom as the business is still dominated by male stars.

The 40-year-old got her big break in Hollywood in the hit 2011 comedy Bridesmaids, and cemented her stardom with her role as Patricia 'Fat Amy' Hobart in the Pitch Perfect franchise, after cutting her teeth in TV comedies in her native Australia.

Although she's found success, Rebel believes men still call all of the shots in comedy - as she found out when working alongside some of the industry's top funnymen.

"I definitely think it's still a male-dominated industry," she told British newspaper The Sun. "I've been living mainly in America for the past decade and when I first went over to America, I had to work under very successful male comedians.

"I did work for Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Sacha Baron Cohen. These guys were very powerful in the industry and I kind of had to slot into their material. You don't ever get to be the star and you don't necessarily get a favourable edit or as good role. You're more trying to embellish a very small, small role, that's not normally as well developed as the male roles."

The star does, however, believe change is slowly coming - and credits her breakthrough movies with showing that women can front successful comedy movies.

"I still think it is that way, but there has been a lot of change through female movies, especially comedies that have been crushing it like Bridesmaids and then Pitch Perfect. Their success has really helped female comedians," added Rebel.