Veteran Hollywood actress Charlize Theron (47 years old) said she felt disrespected when she was forced to change clothes in front of men during auditions.
Early in her career, Charlize Theron had to accept requests that were often disrespectful, because she needed to get a chance at work. For example, Theron was forced to try on and change clothes in front of several men, to ensure that in the eyes of the casting team, she was a suitable choice, sexy and attractive enough.
This detail was recently shared by Theron in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine (USA). She said that in the early stages of her acting career, she was not allowed to take the initiative to be creative with her roles, but was forced to follow all the directions given, for example, she had to accept wearing provocative costumes to make her role hotter. These costumes were chosen by the leaders of the film crew , and often it was a group… all men.
At that time, Theron had no say on set, she was forced to do what she was told if she didn’t want to lose her first very valuable opportunities.
Charlize Theron trong phim “The Devil’s Advocate” (1997) (Ảnh: Daily Mail).
“Having to wear sexy clothes that a group of men chose, and having to try on clothes and change clothes right in front of them, so they could judge whether I was sexy enough for the role, made me feel disrespected,” Theron said.
When I first started acting, those things weren’t condemned like they are now. People considered it normal and nothing to talk about. The powerful people in the project had the right to choose what I wore when I played the role. There were projects that I participated in where the director made me try on one outfit after another, all just to see which outfit I looked sexiest in.”
Theron’s sharing is shocking because it shows more dark corners in the film capital of Hollywood, where this place has nurtured such toxic behaviors and attitudes.
After a series of shocking scandals related to sexual harassment in Hollywood that caused many big names in the film industry to fall from grace in recent years, filmmaking in Hollywood has gradually become more civilized and positive.
The process of filming “hot” and intimate scenes on set now has the support of experts to ensure the safety of the actors participating in those scenes.
Charlize Theron has been active in showbiz since 1995, she has never officially entered into marriage, although she has experienced long-term relationships. Theron has adopted two children.
Charlize Theron is one of the highest paid actresses in the world. She has received many prestigious awards in the film industry, including an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in “Monster” (2003), in which she played a real-life character – a serial killer named Aileen Wuornos.
Theron also received two Oscar nominations for Best Actress for her roles in “North Country” (2006) and “Bombshell” (2020).
Theron has appeared in several successful action films such as “The Italian Job” (2003), “Hancock” (2008), “Snow White and the Huntsman” (2012), “Prometheus” (2012), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” (2016), “The Fate of the Furious” (2017), “Atomic Blonde” (2017), “The Old Guard” (2020) and “F9” (2021).
Since the early 2000s, Theron has tried her hand at filmmaking and founded her own film company. She has produced several films, including “The Burning Plain” (2008), “Dark Places” (2015), and “Long Shot” (2019).
Actress Charlize Theron’s family tragedy
Charlize Theron grew up in a family that regularly witnessed severe abuse by her alcoholic husband and father.
Charlize Theron and her mother lived in constant fear of her abusive father: “Everyday life was unpredictable because of an alcoholic’s mood swings,” Theron told NPR in 2019.
Charlize Theron grew up in a family that regularly witnessed serious acts of violence (Photo: Daily Mail).
One night in 1991, when Theron was 16, her father came home drunk and armed with a gun. She and her mother ran into a room and locked the door, but her father fired three shots through the door. Fortunately, none of the bullets harmed either her or her mother.
At this time, her mother used her gun to protect the lives of mother and daughter. Her father died that night. Because the mother’s actions were to protect the lives of mother and daughter in a legitimate way, she was not punished by law, but for many years after that, Theron always tried to hide this incident and said that her father died in a traffic accident.
But gradually, she understood what she had experienced and the meaning of sharing her story publicly, to encourage those who are victims of domestic violence: “Now I no longer feel ashamed to talk about this story, because I believe that when victims of domestic violence dare to speak up, we will realize that we are not alone.
My story is the experience of someone growing up with an addict, I hope people understand how seriously it can affect a family’s life.”
