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JamesG · 12-07-2022, 09:11 PM

Charlize Theron Says she Joined "Arrested Development" to Save her Career from Æon Flux Flop
by Joey Nolfi
Dec. 7, 2022

Charlize Theron has revealed that her stint on "Arrested Development" likely saved her from Hollywood jail after her 2005 sci-fi action flick Æon Flux flopped with critics and audiences.

"It was one of the scariest things, to walk onto a set of a show that's so developed and so brilliant. But I think I needed that, to put myself out there in a different way, because people thought of me as someone who was f---ing depressing," Theron recently told The Hollywood Reporter, discussing how she navigated the industry the year after her Oscar victory for 2003's Monster.

She continued, "I just f---ing loved that show, and this is going to sound so 'poor me,' but I do feel like sometimes, as women, we get one shot, and I knew that Æon Flux was going to be a f---ing flop. I knew it from the beginning. That's why I did Arrested Development."

The actress appeared as Michael Bluth's (Jason Bateman) British love interest, Rita Leeds, in several episodes of the beloved Fox sitcom's third season, which ran from 2005 to 2006 and crossed over with Æon Flux's theatrical run.

Theron admitted that she fought "until the bitter end" to salvage director Karyn Kusama's adaptation of MTV's 1991 animated TV series during its production, but she ultimately did not have "the answers for how" to fix it.

"I definitely knew we were in trouble. I wasn't a producer on it, and I didn't really have the experience to say what I believe Tom Cruise has maybe said for the past 20 years, which is, 'Shut this s--- down, get four more writers on it, and let's figure this out.' Instead, I'm going, 'Oh God, I've just got to get through this day. I have bronchitis, but let's keep shooting,'" she said. "Now I imagine all these male actors going, 'Shut it down for six months!' And it's like, f---, no one told me that was an option."

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12-07-2022, 09:11 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,262	Charlize Theron says she Joined Arrested Development to Save Herself after Æon Flux *Charlize Theron Says she Joined "Arrested Development" to Save her Career from Æon Flux* Flop** by Joey Nolfi Dec. 7, 2022 Charlize Theron has revealed that her stint on "Arrested Development" likely saved her from Hollywood jail after her 2005 sci-fi action flick Æon Flux flopped with critics and audiences. "It was one of the scariest things, to walk onto a set of a show that's so developed and so brilliant. But I think I needed that, to put myself out there in a different way, because people thought of me as someone who was f---ing depressing," Theron recently told The Hollywood Reporter, discussing how she navigated the industry the year after her Oscar victory for 2003's Monster. She continued, "I just f---ing loved that show, and this is going to sound so 'poor me,' but I do feel like sometimes, as women, we get one shot, and I knew that Æon Flux was going to be a f---ing flop. I knew it from the beginning. That's why I did Arrested Development." The actress appeared as Michael Bluth's (Jason Bateman) British love interest, Rita Leeds, in several episodes of the beloved Fox sitcom's third season, which ran from 2005 to 2006 and crossed over with Æon Flux's theatrical run. Theron admitted that she fought "until the bitter end" to salvage director Karyn Kusama's adaptation of MTV's 1991 animated TV series during its production, but she ultimately did not have "the answers for how" to fix it. "I definitely knew we were in trouble. I wasn't a producer on it, and I didn't really have the experience to say what I believe Tom Cruise has maybe said for the past 20 years, which is, 'Shut this s--- down, get four more writers on it, and let's figure this out.' Instead, I'm going, 'Oh God, I've just got to get through this day. I have bronchitis, but let's keep shooting,'" she said. "Now I imagine all these male actors going, 'Shut it down for six months!' And it's like, f---, no one told me that was an option." https://ew.com/movies/charlize-thero...eon-flux-flop/ Attached Images