‘Atomic Blonde’ Featurette: Charlize Theron Fights Like A Girl
There was a time when saying that someone “fights like a girl” was considered an insult. Thankfully, that’s become something that doesn’t really sound all that lame anymore, especially when you have a superhero like Wonder Woman cleaning up at the box office. Adding to the power behind female punches will be a new action flick starringMad Max: Fury Road’s badassCharlize Theron.
Atomic Blondestars Charlize Theron as an assassin working for MI6 who is stuck dealing with a city of traitors and killers trying to bump her off at every turn. She’s being hailed as the female 007, and if the trailers are any indicator, this movie will be even more kick-ass than the last mission James Bond went on inSpectre. Now, a new featurette takes a closer look at the action in the flick, showing us just how much of the fighting Charlize Theron is doing herself.
Here’s theAtomic Blondefeaturette taking a closer look at Charlize Theron kicking ass:
As the featurette notes, the stunt coordinator was fully prepared to plan short spurts of action where they would only do a few moves before having to move the camera and begin a new shot with another round of moves. But during the training process, Charlize Theron proved that she could handle even more action in one shot without having to cut, and as we learned in our ownJacob Hall’s review from SXSW, that certainly helps make the movie stand out.
Atomic Blondealso featuresJames McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia BoutellaandToby Jonesin the film based on the Oni Press graphic novel series"The Coldest City," adapted byKurt Johnstad(300) and directed byJohn WickhelmerDavid Leitch.
The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
