Charlize Theron says it’s not easy being pretty

CHARLIZE Theron has revealed that beauty can sometimes be a curse, telling GQ that pretty people rarely get meaty movie roles.

Theron: ‘It ain’t easy being pretty’

LIFE isn’t always pretty for Charlize Theron.

“Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them and that’s the end of the story,” the actress moaned to British GQ.

“How many roles are out there for a gorgeous, f**king, gown-wearing eight-foot model? When meaty roles come through, I’ve been in the room and pretty people get turned away.”

To score those gritty roles, Theron isn’t afraid to get down and dirty. Not only did she shave her blond locks for last year’s Mad Max: Fury Road, but she wore prosthetics and packed on 13kg for her Academy Award-winning turn as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 2003’s Monster.

Cover girl. Picture: Alexi Lubomirski/GQ

Stunning. Charlize for British GQ. Picture: Alexi Lubomirski/GQ

And while Theron was only 28 when she scored Oscar gold, the Dior spokesmodel, now 40, is taking a stand against outdated standards where ageism is concerned.

“We live in a society where women wilt and men age like fine wine. And, for a long time, women accept it,” she said.

“We were waiting for society to change, but now we’re taking leadership.

“It would be a lie to say there is less worry for women as they get older than there is for men … It feels there’s this unrealistic standard of what a woman is supposed to look like when she’s over 40,” Theron added.

See the full shoot in the April issue of British GQ, on sale Thursday.

This article was originally published in the New York Post

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