Charlize Theron says that a producer called her at 3 am to say that she was "fat and ugly"

She learned to ignore unsolicited opinions at the start of her career.


As an actor, Charlize Theron's work is to disappear in a role. So, to hear that a producer saw his work in a film and took it upon him to call him in the middle of the night to tell him that she looked "greasy" and "ugly" is even more absurd that she is not shocking.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter ,, Theron spoke of his career As a interpreter and producer, in particular by sharing a story on his negative experience with a funder in the early 2000s. At the time, Theron knew that the producer's words were not called but also said that 'There was a part of her who was still wondering if he was right. Read the rest to see what the actor had elsewhere to say and to discover on which film she worked at the time.

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Theron transformed his appearance for a 2003 film.

Charlize Theron in
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Theron played in the 2003 film Freak as Aileen Wuornos ,, A real serial killer which was executed in 2002. His transformation for the role included the actor to gain weight, to carry false teeth and contacts, to shave the eyebrows and to wear makeup which changed his look.

In an interview with Lawyer At the time, Theron was requested How it felt when she saw herself in character for the first time. "This is not the answer that people expect," she said. "I was very happy [ Laughs ]. I was very happy because I was very concerned about the fact that it became a joke. I didn't want it to become makeup or a caricature or something like that. And so I was really nervous. So the first day we did everything and I looked in the mirror, I was like [ panting ], Ok, I feel that - it seems very authentic and very real to me and it is not a joke. I was very happy."

A producer called to criticize his appearance.

Charlize Theron at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards
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In his new interview with THR , Theron said that a film producer called her after seeing images of Freak And commented the appearance of his appearance.

Theron explained that she and the writer-director Patty Jenkins "were surrounded by older white men," adding, [we] knew the film we made, but they did not do it. ""

She continued saying: "I remember one night, three weeks, our financial calls. He had obviously tried Patty first, but I was stupid enough to get the phone at 3 am. He said to me: "I just received the daily newspapers and you are so big and so ugly and you never smile. ""

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Its director supported it.

Christina Ricci, Patty Jenkins, and Charlize Theron at the premiere of
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While Theron knew that she was supposed to look at the role in a certain way, she was always taken aback by the commentary. She said she said to Jenkins, who immediately rejected her.

"I said to myself:" Oh my God. "And I called Patty and she said:" Do not listen to that. It was the first time that I heard a woman leaving, "[the explanive]" and it was a rebellion that I never knew before . I have always been the only one to charge him, but in a safer way than it was because it was not part of me who almost said to me: "Maybe he is right." " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

She thinks that producers have misunderstood the film.

Charlize Theron at the Costume Designers Guild Awards in 2020
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Theron, who was also a producer for Freak , said in a round table conversation of producers to THR in 2019 that some of the other producers - including the man who called him - did not understand the film .

"I think the financiers actually thought that they essentially paid a hot lesbian film with me and Christina Ricci "She explained." And knowing what Patty wanted to do with it, I knew we were going to come up against things. ""

Theron shared a similar version of the history of telephone calls.

"As soon as I started gaining weight, I asked one of the financiers to call me," said the star. "In fact, his wife saw me, and she said to me:" Have you seen Charlize? Have you seen what it looks like? "And I received this call, like:" What happens with that? "It was at the time when it took three weeks for the daily newspapers to come here, and I received a call At 3 am. "Theron also said he asked him," What are you doing? You never smiled. You look so angry, you look horrible. "

Theron said it was a lesson to stick to what she believed. "There is a part of you that the second currencies, right?" She continued. "And you are like" [explanive], well, maybe I went too far with that. "Then you realize that you should stand up."

Theron then won an Oscar for the best actress for the role, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe.


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