Charlize Theron about ‘Apex’ at Netflix’s 2025 Upfront
Charlize Theron is aware of find out how to make an entrance—even with a fractured toe. The Oscar winner lit up the stage at Netflix’s 2025 Upfront with each glam and grit, contemporary from wrapping manufacturing on Apex, the upcoming thriller the place she fairly actually put her foot down within the wilderness of Australia… and broke it.
“God, I miss early mornings in the wilderness, birds chirping, extremes babbling, and the leaves rustling as a serial killer waits for me,” Theron quipped onstage, by no means one to let a bit of damage destroy punchline.
“It’s actually a miracle that I’m here today. Apex only wrapped like a week ago, so I’m fresh off the mountain. I still have some Australian dirt under this pretty manicure, and my cute boot is hiding a fractured toe.”
Regardless of the hidden damage, Theron had solely glowing issues to say concerning the expertise of filming Apex, a survival-action movie directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
“We shot in beautiful locations, deep in gorgeous and stunning rivers in Australia, is no man’s land, literally no like no man’s land,” she mentioned, portray an image of untamed, untamed terrain—best for a suspenseful rock-climber-versus-hunter showdown.
Theron didn’t maintain again on the motion, both.
“I did some stunts and action without awareness,” she admitted with amusing, teasing that Apex pushed her even additional than Outdated Guard 2.
“Apex gave me the opportunity to outdo the action that I did in Old Guard 2, which is coming out in a couple of weeks.”
However go away it to Charlize to land a remark about us reflecting on near-death experiences.
“But you know, back to me almost dying, I’m really proud to share a little of this mammoth movie that I got to work on,” she mentioned. “And I have to say, I was very lucky to work alongside the very talented Taron Egerton.”
Apex additionally stars Eric Bana, and with a plot that sees Theron as a rock climber being hunted within the wild, it’s secure to say she’s not exaggerating when she calls it one in every of her most intense roles but.
