Listen: Charlize Theron on ‘The Old Guard,’ Diversity and Paving Her Own Way

variety.com:

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOne would assume that the powers that be at Disney and Marvel have approached Charlize Theron about joining the MCU.But no, Theron says, she hasn’t heard a peep. “I swear to God.

I’ve never gotten anything,” the Oscar winner says during an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “No, I’m not lying to you.

But that’s okay. You know what? I am paving my own way. I’m creating my own opportunities. So it’s alright.”She certainly has been paving her own way.

Just look at her latest Netflix film, “The Old Guard.” In other hands, it could have been reduced to another action movie added to the pile of graphic novels adapted for the screen that go.