Charlize Theron is an incredibly talented and well-respected actress. She has made a name for herself as one of the most versatile and influential people in Hollywood, proving herself to be a force to be reckoned with through her work in massive projects like Mad Max: Fury Road, Monster, Atomic Blonde, and her work in The Fast and The Furious franchise.
Being body shamed in the film industry is something no one is exempted from at this point. While men in Hollywood have their own, different standards to meet, interviewers and media in general are more daring and outwardly spoken when it comes to the bodies of women. This is something that, unfortunately, Theron also has to face in her day-to-day life.
Charlize Theron Talks About Aging
During an interview with Allure, Charlize Theron talked about the process of aging and how her fans and the public, in general, were handling it. The 48-year-old actress talked about how as she is growing older, the way she looks is changing, something that is natural for everyone, however, she believes that the way people go about talking about this is quite different as she is a woman in the public eye.
“My face is changing, and I love that my face is changing and aging,” she says. But “people think I had a facelift. They’re like, ‘What did she do to her face?’ I’m like, ‘Bitch, I’m just aging! It doesn’t mean I got bad plastic surgery. This is just what happens.’”
Theron mentioned that, with age, the way her face looks has become quite different. While this is something she adores, stating that she likes it quite a lot, the actress has been subjected to the public speculating that she go plastic surgery that ended poorly, resulting in the way she looks today. This irritated the actress quite a bit as she is simply aging and this is what happens when someone ages.
Charlize Theron Was Told That She Was Too Ugly And Fat
This is not the first time Charlize Theron has had to deal with something like this as she was once brutally humiliated by a financier in her 2003 film, Monster. For Her role as the real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in this film, the actress had to Theron shaved her eyebrows and gained 30 pounds. While shooting this film, the actress revealed a phone call at three in the morning where the financier told the actress that she was very fat, ugly, and never smiled.
“we were surrounded by older, white men, and we knew the movie we were making, but they didn’t. I remember one night, three weeks in, our financier calls. He had obviously tried Patty first, but I was stupid enough to pick up the phone at 3 a.m. He was like, ‘I just got the dailies and you’re so fat and so ugly and you never smile.’” she stated
Ironically enough, however, this was a film that got immense critical acclaim, showcasing some very dark tones and exceptional acting done by Theron. So much so that the actress received her first, and only to this date, Acadamy award for her work in this film.
Source: Allure
