Charlize Theron celebrates ageing in sexy shoot for W magazine
Charlize Theron has admitted she used to be judgemental about women’s age – but getting older has helped her celebrate it.
The 39-year-old posed in a PVC jacket – and nothing else – for the cover of W magazine, as she revealed motherhood had helped her to see past the boundaries of sexism and ageism imposed by society.
Charlize, who adopted son Jackson as an infant in 2012, said: “Choosing to be a mom in my late 30s has been really great for me. It’s given me perspective.
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“I think, like many women, I was judgemental toward women as they aged. Women, in our society, are compartmentalised so that we start to feel like we’re cut flowers and after a while we will wilt.
“I realise now that’s not the case – we can celebrate every age. That’s my encouragement to 20-year-olds who are terrified of getting older: Don’t have a nervous breakdown and don’t hit the Chardonnay too hard. Getting older is not that bad.”
Charlize also talked about shaving her head for new action film Mad Max: Fury Road.
She revealed: “At first, my character was going to be ghostlike and albino. And then I thought it would be stronger to shave my head. I called George [Miller] and told him my plan. He went silent, which I thought was a good sign. So I borrowed some clippers and buzzed it all off.
“It was really fun to shower with my bald head. You have not showered until you’ve showered hairless. That’s all I have to say.”
