Theron on injury during action movie

Charlize Theron opened up about a hand injury she experienced on the set of The Old Guard.

“I have now changed my career. Yes, I am a professional bowler,” Theron joked about her hand cast that resembles a bowling hand guard on the show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday.

She added: “It’s not as cool as I thought it was going to be. This is so stupid. I did an action movie and I tore the ligament off the bone fighting. I messed up my elbow, as well.”

Theron also clarified that her injury glove was not custom made.

“It’s like a fabric and then they mould it for hours,” she said.

Kimmel suggested that Theron not tell people that the glove is from an injury and instead try to pass it off as a trendy new style.

“It’s hard for girls to put their arms through sleeves, though. That’s the only thing,” she said.

Theron said that she didn’t realise how bad her injury was initially.

“I’ve been walking around with this injury for two months. How bad*** is that?” I didn’t know that it was anything. I was just like, ‘Toughen up. Come on.’ And then I was told by a doctor that it was basically just floating around and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s interesting. That’s why I’ve only been using these four f ingers.’”

She then spoke about her role as Megyn Kelly in the upcoming film Bombshell. “It’s interesting when you make a movie like this. You want to be respectful to your sources and we did a lot of research. I think as a team we all kind of decided to not get in the ins and outs of what all of those conversations were, but she’s fully aware of the film.”