Atomic Blonde and Hollywood actress Charlize Theron has spoken out about feeling "belittled" when she was starting out as an actress.
The 47-year-old South African-American star has spoken to Harper’s Bazaar about her bad experience within the film industry, touching upon how she has been sexualised on set.
It was in the interview with the glossy magazine that she recalled how an unnamed male director made a number of attempts to have her look more "f***able" for the role she was playing.
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Speaking to the magazine she spoke of having "no control" and being "annoyed" because she couldn't decide for herself.
Charlize then added: "Having some guy make you have a fitting almost in front of them – stuff like that, it’s really belittling.
"When I started, there was no conversation around it. It was like, ‘This is what you’re wearing.’"
The actress who starred in the hit movie Monster then spoke of how film crews tried to see "how f**kable" they could make her look.
She said: "I remember one movie in particular, this male director who just kept bringing me in, fitting after fitting after fitting after.
"And it was just so obvious that it was to do with my sexuality and how f**kable they could make me in the movie.
"And when I started out, that was just kind of the norm."
Unhappy with the way Hollywood sexualises women, Charlize founded a production company named Denver & Delilah in 2003 – something that came after her experiences with being sexualised herself.
The new business venture came after she made the movie Monster when she sensed that the people financing the movie "wanted a hot lesbian movie" with her and fellow movie star Christina Ricci.
But Charlize ensured the movie didn’t become what the financiers wanted.
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