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Charlize Theron has been known to star in some pretty intense roles throughout her Hollywood career. From portraying a rebel warrior with Guzzoline to a real-life serial killer, the actress does not let anyone deny what she wants to do.
An incident occurred during the shooting of her 2003 movieMonsterwhen director Patty Jenkins was at a loss for words. Theron, however, quickly stepped in to defend the director’s vision and gave a blunt “no” to the studio that wanted a lesbian story rather than the life of the serial killer.
When Charlize Theron Saved Patty Jenkins’ Movie
The 2003 movie titledMonsterfeatured Charlize Theron in the lead role of Aileen Wuornos. Portraying the role of a real-life serial killer, director Patty Jenkins helmed the project and the screenplay for the movie.
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With a lover to her name, Theron’s character of Wuornos was romantically involved with Christina Ricci’s Selby Wall. Keeping the focus intact on the serial killer, studio executives did not like it when director Patty Jenkins refused them a hot lesbian make-out scene that they wanted to show in the movie. Winning an Oscar for her role inMonster,Charlize Theronrevealed what went down during the shooting of the movie in an interview withHarper’s Bazaar.
The actress recalled that it was directorPatty Jenkins‘ first feature film and the studio executives wanted“a hot lesbian movie with me and Christina Ricci”.This wasn’t all, since Theron went on to discuss how she always had frustration for the costume department since they chose what she had to wear and she was“really f – – king annoyed”
“Having absolutely no control over what you’re wearing is a big one that really fu–ing annoyed me for years. Having some guy make you have a fitting almost in front of them—stuff like that, it’s really belittling,”
She further recalled how a male director was making her change countless times for a movie and stated that it was obviously regarding her“sexuality and how f–kable they could make me in the movie”.
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Charlize Theron Has Been The Symbol of a No-Nonsense Woman
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With iconic characters to portray, Theron has had many great movies to her name. From portraying Furiosa in the 2015 movieMad Max: Fury Road,to Andy inThe Old Guard,the actress only wishes to go further and stronger in her career.
The actress is currently attached to two upcoming projects. Reprising the role of Andy and Lorraine Broughton inThe Old Guard 2andAtomic Blonde 2respectively, fans are quite excited about the rumored projects. The actress was last seen reprising her role of Cipher in the recently releasedFast X.
As for the 2003 film in question,Monsteris available to stream on Fubo TV.
Source:Harper’s Bazaar
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
