CHarlize Theron he made 50 years And it has never been so at peace with herself. What for many is a number capable of removing sleep, for her is simply … a number. At 50 Charlize is a woman free, ironic, centeredwho looks in the mirror without wanting to change anything and who has stopped asking for permission. “Last night I wore mesh stockings because I felt fantastic with those,” he said during the promotion of the new The Old Guard 2 to People. “And that’s where I’m going now: In the direction of the “I don’t give a damn”. I have no more time to pretend to live my life for others».
Charlize Theron, single woman and mother of two daughters
Charlize is the mother of two adoptive daughters, Jackson (12 years old) And August (9)who grew up discreetly, far from the flash and logic of the show business. “They have no interest in what I do», He told amused to Jimmy Kimmel. “I consider myself quite humble, but every now and then I think: “cabbage, there is an Oscar right there”. And they? Not at all impressed». Single for several yearsafter important relationships with Sean Penn, Stuart Townsend and Stephan Jenkins, today declares himself satisfied. Being a mother, actress and autonomous woman was not an easy balance to find, but today it is an identity that claims forcefully. “I have two daughters to take to school. The thought of putting on me make -up or waxing me to go out with someone … no, thanks».
“At 50? Absolute freedom “
In the podcast Call Her Daddyconducted by Alex Cooper, Charlize let himself go to a sincere story, without filters, who immediately made news: «I just had an adventure with a 26 year old. A fantastic experience». Then, with its typical irony, he added: “I only had three occasional meetings throughout my life. I should have done it more at twenty years! I’m doing the type of sex that I have never done in my twenty years or in my thirtyHe said smiling.
The best has yet to arrive
On August 7, the South African actress turned off fifty candles, and does it enthusiastically. “I told my mother that I was looking forward and she replied: “Oh, honey, becomes even better when you get to 70!”», Charlize confided to USA TODAY. “Certainly I feel I am lucky and equipped with excellent genes. I think I will fall well from here on».
Strong women in cinema
Theron for years carefully chooses the roles it interprets. Infallible heroines are not interested in, but real, marked, complex women. And today, more than ever, he is convinced that Hollywood is also changing. “The way women are represented has improved; The roles for mature actresses have expanded», He told the premiere of The Old Guard 2. A change that she herself has contributed to generating, accepting uncomfortable, angular roles, outside the stereotypes.
Already in 2019, in Comic-Con, he reflected as follows: “I was envious of De Niro and Jack Nicholson, who could interpret so devastated people. Women, on the other hand, are always represented as Madonne or prostitutes. But our strength is in the middle, in our mistakes and in our fragility ».
Charlize Theron, a woman who does not ask for permission
In 2020 he said: “Even if not monster, my creativity is linked to my fears. They are my engine». It is a declaration of poetics and intentions, but also a generational manifesto. Charlize Theron has never played superheroine: he says women who fought, who fell and who resisted. And in doing so, he gave face and body to a type of femininity that no longer asks for permission to be imperfect or to be seen. His 50 years are yet another opportunity to demonstrate that Time is not an enemy of women. Charlize is not afraid of the passing time. Crosses it. Challenges him. And if everything takes it.
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