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Kristen Bell once issued an unforgettable warning to Russell Brand while filming a Hollywood movie. He ultimately heeded her advice to protect certain valued anatomy, maintaining appropriate conduct throughout their collaboration.
Actress Kristen, who recently celebrated her 47th birthday, appeared in the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall with Brand. The star, portraying the titular character Sarah Marshall, served as the on-screen romantic interest of rock musician Aldous Snow, played by Russell, in the commercially successful film.
However, it emerged that Kristen ensured firm boundaries were established with Russell before any footage of the production was captured.
Despite the movie containing numerous provocative sequences, Kristen made her position crystal clear regarding their off-camera relationship.
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During an interview at the time, Kristen stated: "I made it really clear from the beginning that I would sock him in the balls if he tried anything," reports the Daily Star.
She informed the Daily Mail back in 2010 that her firm's caution achieved the intended result, as "he didn't try to mess with me or get in my pants."
Looking back on her on-set experience in a separate interview with the Scottish Daily Record, she remarked: "He knew I would lop his nuts off."
Kristen subsequently disclosed that she "loved" collaborating with the Get Him to the Greek actor during the late noughties. Brand is set to face trial later this year after six women brought forward allegations of rape and sexual assault against him.
He has denied all charges spanning from 1999 to 2009.
The allegations initially surfaced in a bombshell exposé by both Channel 4's Dispatches program and the Sunday Times. He has maintained that the allegations are entirely false, stating his sexual encounters with women were always "consensual".
Yet in a recent interview, Russell disclosed he had been intimate with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30 years old. While this isn't against the law, as the age of consent in the UK is 16, Russell acknowledged he wouldn't make the same choice today.
"When I was 30, I was a very different person," he stated in an interview with US journalist Megyn Kelly. "I was a lot younger, and I was an immature 30-year-old.
"Consensual sex with a lot of people, when there is a strong power differential, as there is when you are a famous man who has the ability to attract women that I had at that time, I think involves exploitation. I think it is exploitative."
