Charlize Theron says studios are not willing to take "risk" on female-led action films

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08 Jul 2025, 19:35 GMT+10

Washington DC [US], July 8 (ANI): Actress and film producer Charlize Theron called out Hollywood studios for not wanting to take a 'risk' when it comes to female-led action movies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

'That's known,' Theron said, adding, 'Action films with female leads don't get greenlit as much as the ones with male leads. I think the thing that always frustrates me is the fact that guys will get a free ride,' as per the outlet.

She continued, 'When women do this and the movie maybe doesn't hit fully, they don't necessarily get a chance again. With this, we were very aware that eyes were on us. It's not a risk that studios want to take, but they'll take it many times on the same guy who might have a string of action movies that did not do so well.'

She has starred in several commercially successful action films, including The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), Prometheus (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Atomic Blonde (2017), and The Old Guard (2020), and also the Fast & Furious installments: The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9 (2021), and Fast X (2023).

Theron shared why she enjoys doing action films, despite being 'accident-prone' on set, leading to 'a lot of fractures' and multiple surgeries over the years.

'I love dance, but I would never have been able to go back and be a dancer again, right?' she said. 'Action movies gave me this opportunity to be physical again, to be a storyteller with my body,' according to The Hollywood Reporter. (ANI)

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