Despite all its glitz and glamor, Hollywood has a lot of problems below the surface. For example, even the biggest female stars often have trouble maintaining a long-term career. And in the case of Charlize Theron, the Oscar winner struggled at first to establish herself as an action star. With The old guard Now available on Netflix, Theron shares his path to becoming an action movie icon.
Charlize Theron stars in action hits like ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
In the 2000s, Theron dabbled in action thrillers like Reindeer games and Italian work. But she didn’t really take center stage like heroin until 2005. Theron starred Aeon Flux, the live adaptation of an animated MTV series. Unfortunately, the film’s box office and critical failure made it difficult for Theron to re-enter the action genre.
In movies like Hancock, she returned to a supporting role, adjacent but rarely leading the action. That changed in 2015 with Mad Max: Fury Road. Despite Tom Hardy’s role as the main character, he is Theiosa’s Furiosa that audiences and critics fell in love with. The actor delivers a fierce performance on par with female action heroes like Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Foreign.
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But it has not always been easy for her to enter the genre.
In the years since he played Furiosa, Theron has made an effort to star in more action movies. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Theron talked about how she is motivated by the fact that she almost missed the opportunity to return to action movies.
Unfortunately, the sad truth of any movie in the genre with a female lead: When they don’t succeed, there is this “Well, if it doesn’t work, just don’t touch it again” mentality. Many women don’t get a second chance, but when men make these movies and fail miserably, they have opportunity after opportunity to go and explore that again. That doesn’t necessarily happen for women. …
There has always been that voice in the back of my head that still responds a little to that. I’m still influenced by that, and it’s one thing that drives me. It is unfortunate that we feel that the opportunity will be taken away in the blink of an eye if we are not successful, but that is the truth. It’s not a very forgiving genre when it comes to women.
No wonder Theron has focused so much on taking on more action projects. In recent years, she has led the John wick-is that Atomic blonde and played the villain Cipher in The fate of the furious. And the actor will return to both roles soon. Due to the pandemic, Fast and furious 9 was rescheduled for 2021, and Theron is developing Atomic Blonde 2 for Netflix
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His latest action movie, ‘The Old Guard’, has just arrived on Netflix
Over the years, Theron has also taken on a more integral role in his film projects. The actor starred in six movies in 2018 and 2019, all of which had some form of producer credit. So instead of just taking what Hollywood is offering, Theron is putting his voice on his job.
The old guard It is the last example of that. The film features Theron as the leader of a group of immortal mercenaries. And it marks only the last step in the actor’s growing position in the action genre. These days, few stars are known for being as committed to action movies as Theron. I hope she makes you come.
