Charlize Theron is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood today. An Oscar-winner for his role as the monster, the South African actor has starred in numerous feature films since the mid-90s, from Yards to Mad Max: Fury Road to Atomic Blonde and The Fast and the Furious Saga.
But did you know that the woman who recently revealed that she had trouble getting into action movies owed her successful Hollywood career to meeting an agent at a Los Angeles bank? It was in 1994 when a young woman faced serious financial difficulties.
At the age of 18, Charlize Theron moved to Los Angeles to try to start an acting career, a period during which she struggled greatly. Suffice it to say, she desperately needs the money she recently earned thanks to her modeling experience in New York. But a big problem arises when he goes to the bank counter…
“I wanted to cash this check, but the bank wouldn’t because it was drawn from another state”Charlize Theron said Oprah Winfrey at the microphone in 2005. “I really needed this money, I started begging the bank employee.“That’s when fate knocked on his door…
“I was begging and pleading with the employee when the man stepped in and tried to help me.”continues the actor. “I dealt with it by filling out a ton of paperwork and opening an account. But what I didn’t know was that at the bank, I was kind of auditioning for the guy who would eventually become my manager.”
Because the man who helped him was none other than Agent John Crosby, who at the time represented John Hurt and Rene Russo. And he was apparently seduced within minutes by Charlize Theron.
“He said, ‘If you’re interested, I’m your agent.’reveals it. “If I hadn’t met him, I don’t know what I would have become, I wouldn’t know how to have a manager. Honestly, if I hadn’t been in the bank that day, I don’t think so. That I would have this career.”
After this providential meeting, Charlize Theron began this famous career with a small role in the horror film The Corn Demons 3. Then came That Thing You Do! And especially “Devil’s Partner” where he opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. The beginning of an insurmountable ascent…
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