Charlize Theron says it was ‘belittling’ having ‘some guy’ watch her as she tried on clothes to make sure she looked ‘f***able’ for a film role
Charlize Theron had no control over her what she wore for her roles when she started out as an actress and would often be told to wear outfits that would make look more ‘f***able in the movie’.
The Oscar winner had no voice on set when she was at the beginning of her career and could sense that she would often be dressed in a way that would exploit her sexuality and femininity, something that she found to be ‘belittling’.
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine, she said: ‘Having some guy make you have a fitting almost in front of them, stuff like that, it’s really belittling.
Meat puppet: Charlize Theron had no control over her what she wore for her roles when she started out as an actress and would often be told to wear outfits that would make look more ‘f***able in the movie’. Seen in 1996’s 2 Days In The Valley
Coming clean: She made her comments in the latest Harper’s Bazaar cover story
‘When I started, there was no conversation around it. It was like, ‘This is what you’re wearing.”
Charlize revealed that there was one project she worked on where the male director – who she did not name – made her do ‘fitting after fitting after fitting’ for it.
She added: ‘It was just so obvious that it was to do with my sexuality and how f***able they could make me in the movie,’ she said.
Lots of skin: She wore a lowcut black dress for her 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate
A very revealing look: And she also had to wear a satin and lace camisole for Devil’s Advocate
The tank top: She let her bra show under her tank top for 2017’s The Fate Of The Furious
‘And when I started out, that was just kind of the norm.’
Charlize’s early filmography includes ‘Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest’, ‘2 Days in the Valley’, ‘That Thing You Do!’ and ‘Trial and Error’.
In 1996 she wore white lingerie for the movie 2 Days In The Valley.
Her breakthrough role came in Taylor Hackford’s 1997 horror The Devil’s Advocate, in which she starred alongside Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino.
The star had to wear lacy lingerie for her role.
In 2004, Charlize won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Patty Jenkins’ movie Monster.
Naked for her perfume: Theron wore no clothing for her perfume ad for Christian Dior
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