1. Charlize Theron was hanging out in Austin, Texas this weekend for the premiere of her new film, Atomic Blonde, at the SXSW Film Festival.
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2. On Sunday night, she attended the film’s premiere with her co-star James McAvoy and Atomic Blonde director David Leitch.
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3. During the audience Q&A portion of the evening, Theron was asked about her training regimen leading up to filming — because in case you hadn’t heard, she kicks some serious ass in this movie.
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4. (Like, this fight scene is going to blow your mind.)
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5. “It was so hard, are you kidding me?” Theron said with a laugh. “When [training] first started I was like, ‘This is never going to work, I look like Big Bird.’”
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7. “We would kind of spar with each other,” Theron said. “I’d be like, ‘Come on, Keanu. Let’s take it down.’ Shit like that. It was very macho. It was great.”
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