Rebecca Ferguson Reveals She Stole a Skull fromHerculesMovie Set and Gave it to Her 6-Year-Old Daughter for Show and Tell

Mar. 15, 2025

Rebecca Ferguson.Photo:Daniele Venturelli/Getty

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Rebecca Ferguson’sdaughter had an interesting object to present at a recent show and tell at her school.Appearing onThe Late Night with Seth Meyersshow, theDuneactress, 41, shared that when she was filming her movieHercules, she took a prop home from the set for her 6-year-old daughter, whom she shares with husband Rory St. Clair Gainer.“So I did a film with Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson,” Ferguson says. “Yeah, you did!Hercules,”Seth Meyersresponds.“Hercules. Yeah. And there are skulls in the film. So I stole a skull. And I still have it at home, and I gave it to my daughter to take in for show and tell," she continues.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“And they sent it back home and said, ‘Can you send something else?" the proud mom recalls with a laugh.Meyers expressed his surprise that Ferguson had her 6-year-old daughter take a skull for show in tell, saying, “You gave a skull to a 6-year-old?”“Yeah but the jaw…and it opens and it’s amazing," she says.“Oh so then it is appropriate. I didn’t know it opened," Meyers jokes.Rebecca Ferguson.John Nacion/GettyIn a March interview with U105 Radio in Irelandshared to X, Fergusonrecounted a hilarious storyabout her daughter.“So it’s Valentine’s Day, right? I don’t even know if you can show this or whatever,” the actress began. “And my daughter is in a shop with my husband. I was told this today.““She goes up to a card and she goes, ‘This is perfect for mummy.’ It’s a picture of Timothée [Chalamet], who she thought was her dad because it looks like my husband. And it says, ‘Will you Wonka my Willy?'““But she doesn’t get it. She’s like, ‘Oh it’s Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka, my Willy dad! Like, no,” Ferguson laughed.

Rebecca Ferguson’sdaughter had an interesting object to present at a recent show and tell at her school.

Appearing onThe Late Night with Seth Meyersshow, theDuneactress, 41, shared that when she was filming her movieHercules, she took a prop home from the set for her 6-year-old daughter, whom she shares with husband Rory St. Clair Gainer.

“So I did a film with Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson,” Ferguson says. “Yeah, you did!Hercules,”Seth Meyersresponds.

“Hercules. Yeah. And there are skulls in the film. So I stole a skull. And I still have it at home, and I gave it to my daughter to take in for show and tell,” she continues.

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“And they sent it back home and said, ‘Can you send something else?” the proud mom recalls with a laugh.

Meyers expressed his surprise that Ferguson had her 6-year-old daughter take a skull for show in tell, saying, “You gave a skull to a 6-year-old?”

“Yeah but the jaw…and it opens and it’s amazing,” she says.

“Oh so then it is appropriate. I didn’t know it opened,” Meyers jokes.

Rebecca Ferguson.John Nacion/Getty

John Nacion/Getty

In a March interview with U105 Radio in Irelandshared to X, Fergusonrecounted a hilarious storyabout her daughter.

“So it’s Valentine’s Day, right? I don’t even know if you can show this or whatever,” the actress began. “And my daughter is in a shop with my husband. I was told this today.”

“She goes up to a card and she goes, ‘This is perfect for mummy.’ It’s a picture of Timothée [Chalamet], who she thought was her dad because it looks like my husband. And it says, ‘Will you Wonka my Willy?'”

“But she doesn’t get it. She’s like, ‘Oh it’s Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka, my Willy dad! Like, no,” Ferguson laughed.

source: people.com