Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron isn’t afraid to shape-shift for weightier roles F

OR HER ROLE AS A MUM OF three in the comedy-drama

Tully, which filmed last year, Charlize Theron packed on 16kg—with pleasure. “Walking into a place with food and not having any restrictions ... It’s a f--king free-for-all. It’s amazing,” she told radio host Howard Stern on July 19. “I love pasta and bread and potato chips. Heaven would be just potato chips for me.”

Still, she has conceded that gaining (and then losing) weight for her Oscarwinning turn as a serial killer in 2003’s

Monster was easier. “This time around, I really felt it in my health,” she told

Variety. “The sugar put me in a massive depression. I was sick. I couldn’t lose the weight. I called my doctor and I said, ‘I think I’m dying!’ And he’s like, ‘No, you’re 41. Calm down.’ ”

2003 “When meaty roles come through, pretty people get turned away first,” Theron (in Monster) has complained. 2004 2016 Theron had dropped the 14kg she gained for Monster by the time she scored her Oscar on Feb. 29, 2014. “I’m very fat right now,”...

2001 “Physically, I’m very athletic,” says Theron, a 1.77m former model and dancer.