Many actors have had to completely transform how they look for a role, and Charlize Theron is no different. While some have followed extreme diets and vigorous workouts to lose weight, others have had to significantly increase the number of calories eaten to gain weight to play a character. On more than one occasion, Theron packed on the pounds, and now she says that she is “never ever” going to gain weight for a role – here’s why.
Theron has had to undergo several dramatic transformations Charlize Theron | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
The stunning South African-American actress is no stranger to significant change for a movie role. It was in 2003 that Theron gained 30 pounds to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the movie Monster, and according to the website Splicedwire, she felt good about getting into character. Theron said in an interview “It wasn’t about getting fat. Aileen wasn’t fat.
Theron has had to undergo several dramatic transformations Charlize Theron | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
The stunning South African-American actress is no stranger to significant change for a movie role. It was in 2003 that Theron gained 30 pounds to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the movie Monster, and according to the website Splicedwire, she felt good about getting into character. Theron said in an interview “It wasn’t about getting fat. Aileen wasn’t fat.
- 9/16/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Charlize Theron’s days of gaining weight for roles are over.
The actress told Allure in a recent interview: “I will never, ever do a movie again and say, ‘Yeah, I’ll gain 40 pounds.’ I will never do it again because you can’t take it off.
“When I was 27, I did ‘Monster’, I lost 30 pounds, like, overnight. I missed three meals, and I was back to my normal weight.”
Theron won a Best Actress Oscar for her 2003 flick “Monster”, in which she starred as Aileen alongside Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern and more.
Despite being able to shed the weight after that, she said it was harder gaining 50 pounds for the 2018 film “Tully”.
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Theron recalled, “Then I did it at 43 for ‘Tully’, and I remember a year into trying to lose the weight,...
The actress told Allure in a recent interview: “I will never, ever do a movie again and say, ‘Yeah, I’ll gain 40 pounds.’ I will never do it again because you can’t take it off.
“When I was 27, I did ‘Monster’, I lost 30 pounds, like, overnight. I missed three meals, and I was back to my normal weight.”
Theron won a Best Actress Oscar for her 2003 flick “Monster”, in which she starred as Aileen alongside Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern and more.
Despite being able to shed the weight after that, she said it was harder gaining 50 pounds for the 2018 film “Tully”.
Read More: Charlize Theron Is Embracing Her Changing Face With Age, Shuts Down Facelift Speculation: ‘I’m Just Aging’
Theron recalled, “Then I did it at 43 for ‘Tully’, and I remember a year into trying to lose the weight,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Why did Brian (Paul Mescal) go away? We never really find out, but it’s something which puzzles many of the people in the village, in one of those corners of Ireland where people are born, marry, raise children and die generation after generation with a reassuring sense of continuity. When he asks his former schoolmate Sarah (Aisling Franciosi) how come she’s still there, she’s surprised by the question. She has everything that she wants, she explains. His mother, Aileen (Emily Watson), seems to feel the same way, at least now that he’s home from Australia. She wraps her arms around him, holding on tight. What wouldn’t she do to keep him there?
Before he left, Brian used to work the oyster beds with Paddy and Connor. He soon gets to work seeding new ropes, hoping to have his own harvest, standing out in the cold grey waves in his waterproofs.
Before he left, Brian used to work the oyster beds with Paddy and Connor. He soon gets to work seeding new ropes, hoping to have his own harvest, standing out in the cold grey waves in his waterproofs.
- 3/2/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Martyn Robertson’s film follows a 14-year-old Scottish surfing champion as he prepares to take on Ireland’s biggest waves
If anyone’s come up with an image more cinematic than a matchstick-sized man riding a tsunami of a wave, I’ve yet to see it. And Ride the Wave’s matchstick man ratchets up the tension by being a 14-year-old boy: Ben Larg, a Scottish junior surfing champion based on the Hebridean island of Tiree. Normally, big-wave surfing documentaries focus on lantern-jawed, seasoned watermen, but Martyn Robertson’s film has an interestingly vulnerable edge by focusing on the stripling Larg’s desire to tackle Aileen’s and Mullaghmore, two of the cold-water breaks on Ireland’s west coast – and how his parents manage their stress levels accordingly.
One minute Larg is a blond-bobbed grommet, with more than a passing resemblance to the late Dogtowner Jay Adams, crying after flunking his heats at international competitions.
If anyone’s come up with an image more cinematic than a matchstick-sized man riding a tsunami of a wave, I’ve yet to see it. And Ride the Wave’s matchstick man ratchets up the tension by being a 14-year-old boy: Ben Larg, a Scottish junior surfing champion based on the Hebridean island of Tiree. Normally, big-wave surfing documentaries focus on lantern-jawed, seasoned watermen, but Martyn Robertson’s film has an interestingly vulnerable edge by focusing on the stripling Larg’s desire to tackle Aileen’s and Mullaghmore, two of the cold-water breaks on Ireland’s west coast – and how his parents manage their stress levels accordingly.
One minute Larg is a blond-bobbed grommet, with more than a passing resemblance to the late Dogtowner Jay Adams, crying after flunking his heats at international competitions.
- 9/7/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” returned from summer break with a bang Tuesday, sending up the judge who ruled in favor of a “special master” for the Donald Trump classified docs case with another “fake news alerts” installment.
The bit started with a broadcast TV segment of the news, headlined “Judge Aileen Cannon to Appoint ‘Special Master'” below images of the Florida federal judge and Trump, and images of what appeared to be pages from Cannon’s ruling.
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With that context in place, Colbert’s team rolled out the goods as the unmistakable accordion riff of “Come On Eileen” blasted things off accompanied by a clip from the real music video by the British pop band Dexys Midnight Runners.
A custom voiceover then quickly emerged, sounding impressively similar to the vocals from the 1982 hit.
The bit started with a broadcast TV segment of the news, headlined “Judge Aileen Cannon to Appoint ‘Special Master'” below images of the Florida federal judge and Trump, and images of what appeared to be pages from Cannon’s ruling.
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With that context in place, Colbert’s team rolled out the goods as the unmistakable accordion riff of “Come On Eileen” blasted things off accompanied by a clip from the real music video by the British pop band Dexys Midnight Runners.
A custom voiceover then quickly emerged, sounding impressively similar to the vocals from the 1982 hit.
- 9/7/2022
- by Jeremy Bailey
- The Wrap
The first trailer for “Sidney,” Apple TV+’s upcoming documentary on legendary film icon Sidney Poitier, has been released.
The film examines the legacy of Poitier, who died earlier this year at 94. One of the most acclaimed and recognizable movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the first Black man to receive a best actor award, Poitier was also a director and an activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Interview subjects featured in the film include Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand and Spike Lee.
“Sidney” is directed by Reginald Hudlin, from a script by Jesse James Miller. Oprah Winfrey produces with Derik Murray for Harpo Productions and Network Entertainment. Hudlin executive produces with Poitier family members Joanna Shimkus Poitier and Anika Poitier, as well as Terry Wood, Catherine Cyr, Brian Gersh, Paul Gertz and Barry Krost.
“Sidney” releases Sept. 23. Watch the full trailer below.
The film examines the legacy of Poitier, who died earlier this year at 94. One of the most acclaimed and recognizable movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the first Black man to receive a best actor award, Poitier was also a director and an activist for the Civil Rights Movement. Interview subjects featured in the film include Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand and Spike Lee.
“Sidney” is directed by Reginald Hudlin, from a script by Jesse James Miller. Oprah Winfrey produces with Derik Murray for Harpo Productions and Network Entertainment. Hudlin executive produces with Poitier family members Joanna Shimkus Poitier and Anika Poitier, as well as Terry Wood, Catherine Cyr, Brian Gersh, Paul Gertz and Barry Krost.
“Sidney” releases Sept. 23. Watch the full trailer below.
- 8/16/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay and Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Image Source: YouTube user A24
A24 has its next psychological drama queued up, and it stars Emily Watson and Paul Mescal as a mother-son duo. "God's Creatures," set in an Irish fishing village, follows the strained relationship of Mescal's Brian O'Hara and Watson's Aileen O'Hara after a gruesome accusation of sexual assault threatens to unravel their family. A24 released the film's first trailer on Aug. 16, and it teases more details about a prodigal son's fall from grace in what critics describe as a chilling thriller.
Directing duo Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer premiered "God's Creatures" at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, which took place from May 17 to 28. Watson, at the annual cinema event, spoke to Deadline about the film and its connections to reality. "Mothers give their sons alibis for sexual crimes, and they are believed. And there are actual stories in Ireland of villages or towns where people have...
A24 has its next psychological drama queued up, and it stars Emily Watson and Paul Mescal as a mother-son duo. "God's Creatures," set in an Irish fishing village, follows the strained relationship of Mescal's Brian O'Hara and Watson's Aileen O'Hara after a gruesome accusation of sexual assault threatens to unravel their family. A24 released the film's first trailer on Aug. 16, and it teases more details about a prodigal son's fall from grace in what critics describe as a chilling thriller.
Directing duo Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer premiered "God's Creatures" at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, which took place from May 17 to 28. Watson, at the annual cinema event, spoke to Deadline about the film and its connections to reality. "Mothers give their sons alibis for sexual crimes, and they are believed. And there are actual stories in Ireland of villages or towns where people have...
- 8/16/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Unconditional love is complicated.
On Tuesday, the trailer debuted for the new A24 psychological thriller “God’s Creatures”, directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, who previously helmed indie darling “The Fits”.
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The film stars Emily Watson as Aileen O’Hara, a woman living in an Irish fishing village, whose sun returns home quite suddenly after living in Australia for several years.
Played by Paul Mescal, her son Brian is soon accused of committing a terrible crime agains his former girlfriend, played by Aisling Franciosi.
Creating a fracture in their relationship, Aileen’s need to protect her son while facing the truth tests her love as a mother and her sanity.
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On Tuesday, the trailer debuted for the new A24 psychological thriller “God’s Creatures”, directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, who previously helmed indie darling “The Fits”.
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The film stars Emily Watson as Aileen O’Hara, a woman living in an Irish fishing village, whose sun returns home quite suddenly after living in Australia for several years.
Played by Paul Mescal, her son Brian is soon accused of committing a terrible crime agains his former girlfriend, played by Aisling Franciosi.
Creating a fracture in their relationship, Aileen’s need to protect her son while facing the truth tests her love as a mother and her sanity.
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- 8/16/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
A24’s newest trailer for “God’s Creatures” sees Paul Mescal’s return home as a prodigal son, who is soon accused of committing a violent act.
Set in a quiet Irish fishing village, Mescal, who plays Brian in the thriller, moves back home after living in Australia. His mother, Aileen, played by Emily Watson, is elated about his homecoming and pulls her weight to make his life easier — even if that means compromising her values.
But when Brian is accused of a attacking a former flame (played by Aisling Franciosi), Aileen’s sense of familial obligation is tested as questions of morality consume her.
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After a knock from enforcement awakens Aileen in the middle of the night, the family is informed that there has been a claim made by a young woman accusing Brian of assault.
Set in a quiet Irish fishing village, Mescal, who plays Brian in the thriller, moves back home after living in Australia. His mother, Aileen, played by Emily Watson, is elated about his homecoming and pulls her weight to make his life easier — even if that means compromising her values.
But when Brian is accused of a attacking a former flame (played by Aisling Franciosi), Aileen’s sense of familial obligation is tested as questions of morality consume her.
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After a knock from enforcement awakens Aileen in the middle of the night, the family is informed that there has been a claim made by a young woman accusing Brian of assault.
- 8/16/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
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