Charlize Theron thinks Uma Thurman ‘should’ve won the Academy Award for ‘Kill Bill’’
Charlize Theron is likely to be a licensed motion star now, however even she will get a bit starstruck—particularly when going through off towards one in all her personal heroes. Stopping by Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! to kick off the press tour for The Previous Guard 2, Theron didn’t maintain again her admiration for her co-star and motion film royalty, Uma Thurman.
“We knew one another type of offhand, however I knew her from being a large fan, simply watching her work, and all the time needed to do one thing along with her,” Theron instructed Kimmel.
“As a result of after I got here into the motion world, she was actually, to me, like, the sensei. She was the OG.”
Theron’s respect isn’t misplaced.
Thurman’s position as The Bride in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Invoice saga mainly rewrote the rulebook for female-led motion.
And whereas Charlize could now rule the style with titles like Æon Flux, Hancock, Mad Max: Fury Highway, and Atomic Blonde underneath her belt, she clearly hasn’t forgotten who blazed the path.
Kimmel chimed in, “She ought to’ve gained the Academy Award for Kill Invoice, proper?”
With out skipping a beat, Theron agreed, “One hundred percent,” she stated, earlier than calling out the business imbalance.
“It’s normally simply males who get a whole lot of credit score for these [types of] motion pictures. What she did in that movie was simply so unbelievable.”
However admiration didn’t make their on-screen face-off any much less nerve-racking.
Theron confessed, “She’s simply such a badass. So since I’ve been in motion motion pictures I’ve been like, ‘Who do I wish to work with and do an motion sequence with?’ It’s all the time been Uma Thurman. At all times.”
The Previous Guard, initially launched on Netflix in 2020, made a serious splash, racking up 72 million views in its first 4 weeks.
Now, the sequel guarantees much more high-octane motion with Theron main the returning crew, together with Kiandra “KiKi” Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Thurman and Henry Golding be part of the celebration this time round—as a result of what’s higher than one motion icon? Two.
