The last time Charlize Theron turned up in a prestige picture, she was nominated for the third Academy Award of her career. Perhaps even more impressive than this feat: She was nominated for playing Megyn Kelly, a pretty unlikable person, in Bombshell, a pretty terrible movie that frames the shameless outrage-monger Kelly as a hard-bitten journalist eventually uniting with other women to stand up for what’s right. That’s not to say she deserved the sexual harassment she experienced from former Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, of course, but as time has gone on, the movie’s failure to interrogate the character further than a vaguely conservative journalist of utmost integrity looks all the more simplistic.
It’s hard to tell whether Theron regrets Bombshell despite the awards attention it received, has been searching in vain for another awards-friendly project but coming up empty, or simply doesn’t feel the need to make more
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