Charlize Theron: 'Getting Fat' And Oscar Win Requirement

And the Academy Award goes to... chubby serial killers and 30-something teen authors chasing their high school sweethearts?

In a recent interview with MTV, "Young Adult" star Charlize Theron revealed what it takes to win an Oscar. And after nabbing an Academy Award for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 2003's "Monster," she should know.

"There was liquid latex... it's like a moisturizer you put on the face and dry with a hairdryer and stretch it out so it gets really leathery looking," Theron tells actress Emily Blunt of the de-beautification process, which also required packing on the pounds.

Now that she's been nominated for a Golden Globe for her role as Mavis Gary in "Young Adult," Theron considers herself an expert. "Just do what I did. Get fat!" are Theron's wise words to Oscar hopefuls. "Real people win more. Mavis is a real person. I did lots of research."

Comments

[jerryatthebeach]

09:25 PM on 12/20/2011

Did she have a girlfriend in high school?

[DennyCrane]

08:39 PM on 12/20/2011

Beautiful actresses often have to conceal their looks in order to be taken seriously. I have more respect for an actor who's willing to leave her vanity at the door. Then you have people like Megan Fox who have no talent to fall back on.

[Spectra Ghostseeker]

09:37 AM on 12/20/2011

The sad thing is that people consider the weight she was at in this movie to be "fat." It isn't. It's ordinary. It's no wonder so many people, especially women, have eating disorders. It is also ridiculous that being fat is considered in modern society to be worse than being a pedophile or a rapist. I even heard of one instance where a woman with stage 4 cancer, who had been big when she was healthy, was told by a co-worker that "cancer looks good on you." I think that's pretty sick.
People are people--we should judge each other on our actions, not on our looks.

[Starsh]

01:36 PM on 12/20/2011

She doesn't mean this movie, she is talking about Monster. (getting 'fat'; latex etc)

[JonG345]

08:52 PM on 12/20/2011

Most people are too fat, and know absolutely nothing about proper nutrition - calories vs nutrients, good fats vs bad fats - and how to make the right choices when picking meals. There are wayyyyy more unhealthy fat people in this country than there are teens with eating disorders. We need to get our house in order health-wise before we worry about "modern society" and it's effects on negative self image.

[alphabet99]

03:56 AM on 12/21/2011

It's not either or. you can do both.

[emlr]

09:19 AM on 12/20/2011

Worked for Renee Zellweger.

[sheputstheLinPAIN]

09:09 AM on 12/20/2011

The movie was so "meh". We were sorry we wasted the money. Cheron is fine in a stock role.

[Highball]

08:23 AM on 12/20/2011

She's one of a kind. I can't wait to see this. I'm going tonight.

[stape45]

06:55 AM on 12/20/2011

If looks were money, she could buy-and-sell the Ruperts and "Kokes" of the world.

[Squiriferous]

01:31 AM on 12/20/2011

Charlize Theron gives me a chubby. Did you see that? That's how you properly use the words "Charlize Theron" and "chubby" in the same sentence.

[sheputstheLinPAIN]

09:07 AM on 12/20/2011

You get a gold star!

[kkdkdkdkdk]

11:09 PM on 12/19/2011

What a beautiful woman.

[tiptop3]

11:29 PM on 12/20/2011

Damn! Hot as a 2 dollar pistol!

[kkdkdkdkdk]

04:33 PM on 12/21/2011

She certainly is.

[itdoesntmatter]

09:19 PM on 12/19/2011

In the commercial I saw for the new movie she just looked like a normally aged hot chick. Didn't see the fat lady.

[veritas88]

07:47 PM on 12/20/2011

She's talking about being fat in her Oscar winning role in "Monster", which came out a few years ago.

[Ugonna]

06:53 PM on 12/19/2011

I guess her point is that looking like a real person helps you get considered, not necessarily "getting fat". I can't see the video so I can't say whether or not she is joking or not, but I think that is what she means.