{"id":283964,"date":"2019-11-21T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1095799"},"modified":"2019-11-21T12:15:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:15:05","slug":"charlize-theron-was-criticized-for-gaining-weight-for-a-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/charlize-theron-was-criticized-for-gaining-weight-for-a-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlize Theron Was Criticized For Gaining Weight For a Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191014\/rs_600x600-191114084249-600-Charlize-Theron-LT-111419-shutterstock_editorial_10473451o.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.95363540569\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"23.557428872497\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/charlize_theron\">Charlize Theron<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s road to becoming one of Hollywood&#8217;s most accomplished producers wasn&#8217;t easy.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/charlize-theron-fight-financing-her-transformation-bombshell-1251815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>&#8216;<em>s <\/em>Producer Roundtable<\/a> with <strong>Emma Tillinger Koskoff<\/strong> (<em>The Irishman<\/em>,<em> Joker<\/em>), <strong>David Heyman<\/strong> (<em>Marriage Story<\/em>, <em>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/em>), <strong>Peter Chernin<\/strong> (<em>Ford v Ferrari<\/em>), <strong>Debra Martin Chase<\/strong> (<em>Harriet<\/em>) and<strong> Dan Lin<\/strong> (<em>The Two Popes<\/em>), the Oscar winner opened about her early producing experiences on 2003&#8217;s <em>Monster<\/em>, which she said she had to fight the hardest for. Theron, whose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/au\/photos\/19161\/best-actress-oscar-winner-transformations\/709890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">performance as convicted serial killer<\/a> <strong>Aileen Wuornos<\/strong> in the film earned her an Academy Award, said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/photos\/1744\/fat-for-films\/54024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her 30-pound weight gain<\/a> nearly deterred people from investing in the film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As soon as I started gaining weight, I had one of the financiers call me up,&#8221; she told her fellow producers. &#8220;Actually, his wife saw me, and she was like, &#8216;Did you see Charlize? Have you seen what she looks like?&#8217; And I got that call, like, &#8216;What&#8217;s going on with that?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63.005644402634\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"27.704609595484\">\n<p>&#8220;He was like, \u2018What are you doing? You never smiled. You look so angry, you look horrible,'&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So you panic a little bit because you are putting yourself out there, and you are taking a risk, and when you do that, you are not a hundred percent sure. You are taking a chance. So there is a part of you that second-guesses, right? And you are like, \u2018Shit, well, maybe I did go too far with this.&#8217; Then you realize you have to stand that ground.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Switching gears, Theron also discussed losing the backing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1082978\/charlize-theron-nicole-kidman-and-margot-robbie-take-you-inside-the-scandal-in-new-bombshell-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her upcoming film <em>Bombshell<\/em><\/a> after the movie&#8217;s first studio Annapurna fell through, explaining that she was more scared to lose the film&#8217;s A-list stars\u2014which includes&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nicole_kidman\">Nicole Kidman<\/a><\/strong>,<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/margot_robbie\"> Margot Robbie<\/a><\/strong>,<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/kate_mckinnon\"> Kate McKinnon<\/a><\/strong> and more\u2014due to scheduling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We aimed really high and had a lot of actors who are very, very busy,&#8221; she said, who plays&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/megyn_kelly\">Megyn Kelly<\/a><\/strong>in the drama that takes viewers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1082978\/charlize-theron-nicole-kidman-and-margot-robbie-take-you-inside-the-scandal-in-new-bombshell-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inside the&nbsp;<em>Fox News&nbsp;<\/em>#MeToo scandal<\/a>.&nbsp;&#8220;So our scheduling was the biggest problem with the financing falling through because we were two weeks out from shooting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62.131578947368\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"18.302325581395\">\n<p>&#8220;We had no window on the other side of it,&#8221; Theron continued. &#8220;So if the film fell through, we would have had to recast the whole thing. And the moment that I heard about it was really shocking because they loved the film so much. When Annapurna sent it to us to produce, they were calling us every day because I was kind of sitting on it because it scared the shit out of me. I never felt anything from them that felt tepid or that they wanted to remove themselves from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, her former financing partner <strong>Aaron Gilbert<\/strong> was willing to come on board and help get the movie made. But according to Theron, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1091160\/charlize-theron-says-her-role-selection-is-driven-by-fear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the more fear a project brings<\/a>, the harder she wants to fight for it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pure panic is what makes me stick around,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Usually the projects that scare me the most are the ones that just don&#8217;t leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><i>E! News<\/i> returns weekday mornings at the beginning of 2020!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1095799\/charlize-theron-was-criticized-for-gaining-weight-for-a-role?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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