Charlize Theron.Photo: Stefanie Keenan/GettyCharlize Theronis opening up about a “belittling” experience from the beginning of her acting career, when she said she felt a male director wanted her to look more “f—able” on set.Theron, 47, explained in an interview withHarper’sBazaarthat directors giving her no control over what she’d wear on set was a pet peeve that “really f—— annoyed” her.“Having some guy make you have a fitting almost in front of them—stuff like that, it’s really belittling,” the Academy Award winner shared. “When I started, there was no conversation around it. It was like, ‘This is what you’re wearing.'“Steve Granitz/WireImageDuring her early years, Theron worked on a project with a male director whom she said would make her do “fitting after fitting after fitting” for it. She did not name the director in her conversation withHarper’s Bazaar.“And it was just so obvious that it was to do with my sexuality and how f—able they could make me in the movie,” Theron explained. “And when I started out, that was just kind of the norm.“Theron took on her first credited acting roles in the mid-’90s, before her breakthrough role in 1997’sThe Devil’s AdvocatealongsideKeanu ReevesandAl Pacino. She has since won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Patty Jenkins’ 2003 featureMonsterand was nominated for the award two additional times, for bothNorth CountryandBombshell.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In 2003, Theron founded production company Denver & Delilah after she got the sense that financiers behindMonsterwanted “a hot lesbian movie with me and Christina Ricci,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar. Jenkins' version of the film, instead, prevailed, she said.Nearly 20 years later, Theron is set on facilitating working environments opposite of what she dealt with at the beginning of her career. Her Netflix filmThe Old Guardincluded a cast and crew that was 85% women, she said, and its sequel will arrive in 2023.“There’s a natural fight in me to want to create environments [on set] that feel like the things that I wish I had 30 years ago when I started,” Theron said. “I don’t always get it right, but I am very aware of looking at the big picture and saying, ‘Is this really the best we can do?'“Theron will also star in Netflix’sThe School of Good and Evil, which debuts Oct. 21.
Charlize Theron.Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Charlize Theronis opening up about a “belittling” experience from the beginning of her acting career, when she said she felt a male director wanted her to look more “f—able” on set.Theron, 47, explained in an interview withHarper’sBazaarthat directors giving her no control over what she’d wear on set was a pet peeve that “really f—— annoyed” her.“Having some guy make you have a fitting almost in front of them—stuff like that, it’s really belittling,” the Academy Award winner shared. “When I started, there was no conversation around it. It was like, ‘This is what you’re wearing.'“Steve Granitz/WireImageDuring her early years, Theron worked on a project with a male director whom she said would make her do “fitting after fitting after fitting” for it. She did not name the director in her conversation withHarper’s Bazaar.“And it was just so obvious that it was to do with my sexuality and how f—able they could make me in the movie,” Theron explained. “And when I started out, that was just kind of the norm.“Theron took on her first credited acting roles in the mid-’90s, before her breakthrough role in 1997’sThe Devil’s AdvocatealongsideKeanu ReevesandAl Pacino. She has since won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Patty Jenkins’ 2003 featureMonsterand was nominated for the award two additional times, for bothNorth CountryandBombshell.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In 2003, Theron founded production company Denver & Delilah after she got the sense that financiers behindMonsterwanted “a hot lesbian movie with me and Christina Ricci,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar. Jenkins’ version of the film, instead, prevailed, she said.Nearly 20 years later, Theron is set on facilitating working environments opposite of what she dealt with at the beginning of her career. Her Netflix filmThe Old Guardincluded a cast and crew that was 85% women, she said, and its sequel will arrive in 2023.“There’s a natural fight in me to want to create environments [on set] that feel like the things that I wish I had 30 years ago when I started,” Theron said. “I don’t always get it right, but I am very aware of looking at the big picture and saying, ‘Is this really the best we can do?'“Theron will also star in Netflix’sThe School of Good and Evil, which debuts Oct. 21.
Charlize Theronis opening up about a “belittling” experience from the beginning of her acting career, when she said she felt a male director wanted her to look more “f—able” on set.
Theron, 47, explained in an interview withHarper’sBazaarthat directors giving her no control over what she’d wear on set was a pet peeve that “really f—— annoyed” her.
“Having some guy make you have a fitting almost in front of them—stuff like that, it’s really belittling,” the Academy Award winner shared. “When I started, there was no conversation around it. It was like, ‘This is what you’re wearing.'”
Steve Granitz/WireImage
During her early years, Theron worked on a project with a male director whom she said would make her do “fitting after fitting after fitting” for it. She did not name the director in her conversation withHarper’s Bazaar.
“And it was just so obvious that it was to do with my sexuality and how f—able they could make me in the movie,” Theron explained. “And when I started out, that was just kind of the norm.”
Theron took on her first credited acting roles in the mid-’90s, before her breakthrough role in 1997’sThe Devil’s AdvocatealongsideKeanu ReevesandAl Pacino. She has since won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Patty Jenkins’ 2003 featureMonsterand was nominated for the award two additional times, for bothNorth CountryandBombshell.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
In 2003, Theron founded production company Denver & Delilah after she got the sense that financiers behindMonsterwanted “a hot lesbian movie with me and Christina Ricci,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar. Jenkins’ version of the film, instead, prevailed, she said.
Nearly 20 years later, Theron is set on facilitating working environments opposite of what she dealt with at the beginning of her career. Her Netflix filmThe Old Guardincluded a cast and crew that was 85% women, she said, and its sequel will arrive in 2023.
“There’s a natural fight in me to want to create environments [on set] that feel like the things that I wish I had 30 years ago when I started,” Theron said. “I don’t always get it right, but I am very aware of looking at the big picture and saying, ‘Is this really the best we can do?'”
Theron will also star in Netflix’sThe School of Good and Evil, which debuts Oct. 21.
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