Rebel Wilson Opens 2013 MTV Movie Awards
They say there's no place like home. We say there's no place like Oz — not if you're looking for the best possible host of the James Franco, who traveled all the way to Australia to find the host of the 2013 show.
The Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids breakout star, and the "chosen one" when it comes to a certain award ceremony.
"I've been sent here to tell you something very important, Rebel: you've been chosen," Franco tells her. Rebel, understandably confused, asks, "To be Tom Cruise's new wife?" Nice as that would be, Wilson's been chosen for an even higher calling: to host this year's MTV Movie Awards.
"But I'm just a fat, simple girl from Australia. The only thing I've hosted is this parasitic worm," says Wilson, gesturing at the aforementioned creature, floating in a nearby jar. "I'm still not sure which hole it came out of," she admits.
But Franco sees more than that in Rebel. "You may be simple. You may be fat. You may have no boyfriend," he says, gesturing to the nearby Channing Tatum blowup doll as evidence ("I use it to masturbate," she defends), "but Rebel, you're going to be the greatest Australian female host in MTV history!"
Of course, Franco knows a thing or two about hosting movie award shows, having hosted the Oscars some years ago to ... ah, interesting reviews. "Hosting is a blast. You're not going to regret it for a second," Franco swears with a grin. "Nobody will ever say anything bad about you. It'll be totally fun and cool."
At the very least, Rebel's transportation to the Movie Awards fits the "fun and cool" description: the Iron Mangina, a suit of armor modeled after a certain Avenger. As she suits up and flies off towards the show, Franco is left with a quiet prayer: "I hope she doesn't explode."
Luckily, Wilson makes it to the Movie Awards explosion-free, but not incident-free. She suffers a particularly hard fall as she arrives at the show, shaking her confidence and forcing her to reconsider everything she knows about hosting. "Oh God, there's a lot of people here," she thinks aloud in front of the packed audience. "I don't know if I can do this."
But the power of a cappella is always a strong motivator. To pick herself up, Wilson reunites with her Pitch Perfect co-stars for a musical epic that includes a capella renditions of Miley Cyrus' The Climb, Eminem's Lose Yourself and Alicia Keys' Girl on Fire.
That musical number (as well as a chocolate bar) is more than enough to reenergize Rebel, leading the actress into her opening monologue.
"I am a bit surprised that they asked me to host," she admits aloud as the monologue begins. "And so is MTV — they thought I was Adele."
Wilson's speech continues with some other surprising shout-outs — including one to "Lil Kim" and his "missile" in North Korea, and the fact that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Movie Awards.
"The categories have changed over the years," she jokes. "In 1913, the categories included Best Mustache, Best Woman Tied to a Train Track, and Best Portrayal of a Native American by a White Man. And who can forget the Best Movie of 1913: 'Django Very Recently Unchained.' "
"But this year, in 2013, we have some awesome new categories tonight," she continued, hyping up Best Shirtless (which almost went by the name "Best Softcore Porn," according to Wilson) and Best Ginger, a category that awards the winner "a bottle of sunscreen and two visible eyebrows."
You can catch all the action from the Rebel Wilson-hosted MTV Movie Awards when it hits MTV UK on April 15 @ 21:00!
013 MTV Movie Awards - Full Winners List:
Movie of the Year
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
The Avengers: WINNER!
The Dark Knight Rises
Best Female Performance
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Mila Kunis - Ted
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook: WINNER!
Emma Watson - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect
Best Male Performance
Ben Affleck - Argo
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook: WINNER!
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Jamie Foxx - Django Unchained
Channing Tatum - Magic Mike
Breakthrough Performance
Ezra Miller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Eddie Redmayne - Les Misérables
Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect: WINNER!
Best Scared-As-S**t Performance
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Alexandra Daddario - Texas Chainsaw 3D
Martin Freeman - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Jennifer Lawrence - House at the End of the Street
Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi: WINNER!
Best On-Screen Duo
Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson - Django Unchained
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane (as Ted) - Ted: WINNER!
Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo - The Avengers
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis - The Campaign
Best Shirtless Performance
Christian Bale - The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig - Skyfall
Taylor Lautner - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2: WINNER!
Seth MacFarlane (as Ted) - Ted
Channing Tatum - Magic Mike
Best Fight
Jamie Foxx vs Candieland Henchmen - Django Unchained
Daniel Craig vs Ola Rapace - Skyfall
Mark Wahlberg vs Seth MacFarlane (as Ted) - Ted
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs Tom Hiddleston - The Avengers: WINNER!
Christian Bale vs Tom Hardy - The Dark Knight Rises
Best Kiss
Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx - Django Unchained
Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook: WINNER!
Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg - Ted
Emma Watson and Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best 'WTF' Moment
Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained ('Candieland Gets Smoked'): WINNER!
Denzel Washington - Flight ('Final Descent')
Anna Camp - Pitch Perfect ('Hack-Appella')
Javier Bardem - Skyfall ('Oops… There Goes His Face')
Seth MacFarlane - Ted ('Ted Gets Saucy')
Best Hero
Martin Freeman - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: WINNER!
Christian Bale - The Dark Knight Rises
Robert Downey Jr. - The Avengers
Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Mark Ruffalo - The Avengers
Kristen Stewart - Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Villain
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
Marion Cotillard - The Dark Knight Rises
Tom Hardy - The Dark Knight Rises
Tom Hiddleston - The Avengers: WINNER!
Best Musical Moment
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash and Adam Rodriguez - Magic Mike
Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee - Pitch Perfect: WINNER!
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
MTV Generation Award
Jamie Foxx
Comedic Genius Award
Will Ferrell
MTV Trailblazer Award
Emma Watson