The South African was in the program of Howard Stern, revealing that she had just turned 19 when she asked an agent of the modeling agency where she was signed, if she knew of any audition to prove a bit of acting. By then, Charlize Theron had been working as a model for several years worldwide after winning a contest at age 16. And when she came of age, her mother paid her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles to fulfill her dream of being an actress.
But his dreams came up against the stark reality of male power in Hollywood, uncovered in recent years after the Harvey Weinstein scandal. She was just a 19-year-old girl just turned out and with no acting experience when the agent told her there was a casting available. I had to go to a producer's house on a Saturday at 9 o'clock at night. "He was an important guy and still is," the 43-year-old actress said without revealing the producer's name.