Charlize Theron checked off a bucket record merchandise along with her upcoming Netflix motion sequel The Previous Guard 2.
The Oscar winner not too long ago opened up about her longtime fandom for Uma Thurman, with whom she shares a struggle sequence within the upcoming Victoria Mahoney-helmed comedian ebook film, which premieres July 2 on the streaming platform.
“We knew one another sort 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. As a result of after I got here into the motion world, she was actually, to me, like, the sensei. She was the OG,” raved Theron on Jimmy Kimmel Reside.
“I agree. She ought to’ve received the Academy Award for Kill Invoice, proper?” requested Kimmel, to which Theron responded: “One hundred percent.”
Theron added, “I believe males get a variety of credit score for these films. … What she did in that movie was simply so unbelievable. And to me, she’s simply such a badass. So, since I’ve been in motion films, 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.”
Though Quentin Tarantino‘s Kill Invoice: Quantity 1 (2003) and Quantity 2 (2004) was snubbed by the Academy, Thurman acquired two consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Finest Actress — Movement Image Drama.
In The Previous Guard 2, Theron reprises her function as Andy/Andromache of Scythia, with Thurman as her new nemesis Discord, “the primary of the immortals.”