Charlize Theron isn’t “bummed” about missing out on an Oscar nod.
The actress is currently promoting her new movie Young Adult, which has garnered positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. However, it didn’t result in an Academy Award nomination for the star.
The blonde beauty insists the amazing response to her role is the greatest reward.
“It’s so bizarre to look at this as something to feel bummed about because it [my role] has got me some of the best reviews in my career, people really responded to me in this role and that was the greatest gift for me,” she told Australian radio show Kyle and Jackie O.
“I think people are used to seeing me… I have this joke with my production partner that I just get anything that says ‘crying’ or ‘tortured’ or ‘depressed’ – it lands on my table. It was nice to do something that is different and I feel that was for me like winning the Academy Award, to have a director and writer send me material that’s out of my comfort zone and for people to respond to it [positively].”
In the movie, Charlize plays an immature teen literature writer who returns to her hometown to relive her heyday and win back her married high school sweetheart.
When asked where she keeps her best actress award for her role in 2003 movie Monster, she joked that she never leaves it out of her sight.
“I carry it with me at all times. You never know when you need an Oscar,” she laughed.
Charlize also joked about working with some of showbiz finest actresses, Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly.
The star was teamed up with digital versions of the late Hollywood icons for a Dior advert.
Charlize is the face of the French fashion house’s fragrance J’Adore Dior and can be seen backstage with the legendary ladies in the advert.
“Do you want to know what Marilyn’s like? She’s a real b***h. And Grace Kelly was just wasting time telling stories about being a princess… Eugh! Just go away Grace, stop talking. High maintenance,” she laughed, before explaining how the lookalikes were created.
“It takes forever to do this, it’s a long process, but they use models who have similar features and mark their faces with these tiny little spots as markers for the CGI people and then they pull actual footage of these iconic actresses and CGI them on the bodies. It’s a tedious amount of work to do it right and to not have it look bad but Dior did a really good job.”
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