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Interview with 'Aeon Flux' Star Charlize Theron
 You know Charlize Theron is gorgeous, you know she’s talented--but did you know that she can also kick some serious butt? At least, she can in the guise of her latest character Aeon Flux, the uber-deadly assassin brought to life from the cult favorite MTV animated series of the early ‘90s. Theron tells about why she wanted to play the bone-breaking bad girl with the heart of gold, and how she busted herself up in the process.What can you tell movie-goers who haven’t seen the animated cartoon the film is based on?
Charlize Theron: “I think in these kind of films you’re always trying to push the envelope a little bit with the action. And so the action sequences are really intense and, I think, quite original and different. There’s a ferociousness about her as an assassin that I think is pretty original, and that I haven’t seen in these films. She’s very good with her body, not necessarily just using weapons. I really liked that she could kill with her bare hands. That put her moral compass askew because she is like an animal who functions on instinct. It’s her instinct to protect freedom and to protect her thoughts of what freedom is. In that sense, she’s very ferocious with her bare hands. I liked that a lot.”
What did you like about this character?
“To me, she was somewhat of an extreme free-thinker that, when you’re telling a linear story, just leant itself to so many possibilities. And, I like those kind of characters, where you can play a scene so many different ways and it’s all correct, because the character just lends itself to it. And so, I liked that aspect about her a lot. At the end of the day, when we had tried a scene seven or eight different ways, you really didn’t cover all of it. And, that’s always nice to feel like you don’t walk away going, ‘Well, that’s it. That’s all I can do with this character.’”
Can you talk about the physical aspect of this role, and your injuries?
“The physical aspect of it was a pretty big challenge. I think you’re pretty much prepared [for injuries]. I injured myself in the training process, many times. I tore a muscle or a ligament, here and there, and you heal from it. Your body adapts to it. It’s pretty rigorous, and it’s not easy and it’s not fun. It’s hard work. I was prepared for injuries. So, when it happened, it was an accident. It was a pretty bad accident. I had to take eight weeks off to recover from it, but at the same time I knew I had to go back and finish this film with all of my body and my soul. That was the only way I could go back and finish this film, so that’s what I had to do.”
Was it hard to take all of that time off in the middle of playing the character?
“It was really horrible because it’s not like an eight-week break where you can just switch off. My mind was still there, and every day I was tortured because I was in that mindset. It wasn’t vacation time. I also had to do about five hours of physio every single day to remain strong enough, in order to go back and do the physical stuff. So my life for that eight weeks was pretty much just resting, physio, and thinking about this character. And, in a way, I think everything happens for a reason. I started off so hard with the physical training for this film. Karyn and I spent a lot of time talking about who this person was, and the story that we wanted to tell, but it was really nice to have eight weeks to reflect on all of it as well. Yet, when your mind is there, but your body doesn’t want to do it, it’s a little bit torturous.”
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