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Charlize Theron Recalls Sexist Double Standards in The Italian Job and 2000s Hollywood

There are few bigger names in the action genre right now than Charlize Theron. An Oscar winner with an eclectic career that’s spanned genres and multiple decades, Theron is the rare dramatic actor who can slip into a role of action hero (or anti-hero) so well that when she originates a character, it often becomes iconic. Just consider how folks still talk about Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road five years later, and why The Old Guard is Netflix’s biggest movie of the summer. However, this was not always the case. As Theron was quick to point out during her…
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Atomic Blonde Sequel in the Works for Netflix with Charlize Theron

Atomic Blonde 2 is, in a surprise reveal, a thing that’s happening… on Netflix, no less. Charlize Theron, whose Netflix sci-fi action thriller, The Old Guard, just arrived on July 10, has revealed plans in an interview with Total Film to field another action offering for the streaming giant. However, rather than immediately following up that film, said offering will be a sequel to Atomic Blonde, the stylish Theron-headlined 2017 late-Cold-War spy thriller. Indeed, while there’s no news to cite for The Old Guard 2, Theron does reveal that she successfully pitched the once-mooted Atomic Blonde sequel—having also served as…
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Link Tank: Why Charlize Theron Should Play Young Furiosa in Fury Road Prequel

George Miller is working on a Mad Max: Fury Road prequel. Here’s why he should keep Charlize Theron as young Furiosa. “George Miller is working on a prequel to his 2015 hit film Mad Max: Fury Road, which is meant to be a Furiosa-focused prequel. As a result, he is looking for a young actress in her 20s to play the role that Charlize Theron made iconic. Consider the amount of CGI work that has gone into making much older actresses than Theron look young enough to play films—I, and Theron herself, are heartbroken about this development.” Read more at…
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