Pigeonhole costs Theron
Charlize Theron stepped away from acting for almost two years early in her career because she felt Hollywood was objectifying her.
The Oscar winner has shed light on her struggle with being pigeonholed after her first film role in the 1996 crime flick2 Days in the Valley.
“Someone thought it was a good idea to market almost the entire movie on me, objectifying me a little bit,” Theron said.
“I got a lot of attention from it but the problem was that afterwards it was like ‘We want you to do that again, can you just do that?’
“And so I didn’t work for almost two years.”
Theron, below, also spoke about her recent deal with producers of The Huntsman for equal pay alongside Aussie star Chris Hemsworth — a request they agreed to.
“Once I asked, they said yes. They did not fight it,” she said. “And maybe that’s the message: we just need to put our foot down.”
Theron said girls and women needed to realise that being a feminist was a good thing.
“It doesn’t mean you hate men. It means equal rights.
“If you’re doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.”
