'Bombshell' star Charlize Theron never met Megyn Kelly before playing her and had information about the former Fox News star funneled to her in other ways.
The Oscar-winning actress chose not to meet the former Fox News host before playing her in the film, which is about sexual misconduct and toxic male culture at Fox under the auspices of founder“With Megyn, it was incredibly intimidating. She’s intimidating. ... I wanted to have as much room as I possibly could to find what I thought I needed to find [to play the role],” Theron said recently during afor The Times’ Envelope section.
Oftentimes, coming face to face with her subject isn’t even possible, she added. For example, serial killer Aileen Wuornos, whom she played in “Monster,” was executed the day Theron agreed to appear in Patty Jenkins’ 2003 film. “I’m incredibly empathetic and I’m sure this is hard for her, hard for all the women that are part of this story. But we’re deciding not to reveal all of our sources,” she said."[Kelly] was fully aware of the film.
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