Charlize Theron plays an ancient warrior with enviable fighting skills in 'The Old Guard'. Photo: Netflix
While promoting the films Bombshell and The Addams Family on talk shows in October last year, Academy Award winner Charlize Theron was spotted with a thumb brace on her left hand.
She had to wear the brace for months as she tore her thumb ligament executing a fight sequence for her new action movie The Old Guard, and then continuing to shoot through the pain in the final three weeks of filming.
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Charlize Theron and her various roles
Charlize Theron plays an ancient warrior with enviable fighting skills in 'The Old Guard'. Photo: Netflix
Set in the modern day, but spanning centuries, 'The Old Guard' centres on a group of mercenaries who possess a mysterious inability to die. Photo Netflix
Theron produces and stars as Andy - or Andromache the Scythian - a warrior born in an age that predates almost all historical records whose experience in combat rivals no other.
The Old Guard
Monster
A filepic of Charlize Theron posing with her Best Actress Oscar at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony in 2004. Photo: AFP
North Country
The Cider House Rules
The Italian Job
Snow White And The Huntsman
Mad Max: Fury Road
Young Adult
Dark Places
Atomic Blonde
Prometheus
Bombshell
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