Theron opens up about wrist injury on the sets of action movie
Actor 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, according to hollywoodreporter.com.
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.
The actor 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 just was 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 fingers.’”
She then spoke about her role as Megyn Kelly in the upcoming Roger Ailes film Bombshell. Following the release of the film’s trailer, many people marvelled at how much Theron looked like Kelly. The actor said that Kelly “is fully aware” of the film. “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.”
Following the commercial break, Theron spoke about her voice role as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family and revealed that she didn’t grow up watching the original show. “I discovered it later in my life,” she said.