There are few things as fierce as a mother’s love – and few women as fearless as Charlize Theron. Here, the actress tells Jan Janssen just how she’s embracing her greatest role to date
In person, Charlize Theron is far more light-hearted than her film roles would suggest. She speaks with ease, and a relaxed sense of confidence, although there?s a hint in her eyes that says she?s ready to fire back if provoked. Today, she?s looking fabulous as ever, her career in high gear and ?happier than I ever expected to be? as the mother of two adopted children: son Jackson, six, and daughter August, two.
?I waited a long time to become a mother,? says the Mad Max actress. ?It has exceeded all my expectations. It?s such a beautiful feeling to hold your children in your arms and be able to watch them grow and discover the world. ?It?s changed my life completely,? she continues. ?Before, when there were no children in my life, my work always came first. I also had the freedom to be able to take off and travel for three or four months at a time by myself. But even though I can?t do that anymore, I?m so incredibly happy to spend my time with my children. Every day that I wake up I?m thinking about what I?m going to do with them and how I?m going to make them happy.?
Theron is still enjoying the critical and commercial success of her summer 2017 film, Atomic Blonde, which has given Charlize her own personal action film franchise as both star and producer. She spent five ...