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- Hollywood Star, 49, Criticizes Movie Industry — 'Guys Will Get A Free Ride'</p>
<p>Sheli FrankJuly 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM</p>
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<p>Hollywood Star, 49, Criticizes Movie Industry — 'Guys Will Get A Free Ride' originally appeared on Parade.</p>
<p>When it comes to action movie star treatment, Hollywood has a gender problem. And one Oscar-winning actress is not afraid to put the studios on blast.</p>
<p>Charlize Theron, 49, spoke out about the widespread disparity in Hollywood casting for action films. According to Theron, not only do fewer action films with female leads get green-lit, but Hollywood execs are less likely to give female actresses another leading role after even just one action movie flop.</p>
<p>In a discussion with The New York Times about The Old Guard 2, her upcoming action film with Uma Thurman, Theron said, "I think the thing that always frustrates me is the fact that guys will get a free ride." She continued, "When women do this and the movie maybe doesn't hit fully, they don't necessarily get a chance again. With this, we were very aware that eyes were on us. It's not a risk that studios want to take, but they'll take it many times on the same guy who might have a string of action movies that did not do so well."</p>
<p>Charlize Theron is a South African-American actress and a veteran of the action genre as well as the entertainment industry at large, having starred in countless iconic action films including Æon Flux, Atomic Blonde, The Italian Job, The Old Guard,Mad Max: Fury Road, and the Fast & Furious franchise films.</p>
<p>Despite it being harder to get a female-starring action film made, not to mention numerous injuries on set including carpal tunnel, "a lot of fractures", and multiple surgeries, Theron has remained committed to the action genre. Theron sees the genre as a unique way of storytelling, and an homage to her past experience as a dancer. She told The New York Times, "Action movies gave me this opportunity to be physical again, to be a storyteller with my body."</p>
<p>Hollywood Star, 49, Criticizes Movie Industry — 'Guys Will Get A Free Ride' first appeared on Parade on Jul 9, 2025</p>
<p>This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 9, 2025, where it first appeared.</p>
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