Actress Charlize Theron appeared brown-haired at a charity event over the weekend, Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project, organized by the artist to raise money for the fight against AIDS in Africa. And not surprisingly, on Monday (13/6) director Victoria Mahoney posted on her Instagram the first photo from the set of the sequel to “The Old Guard”, marking the start of filming.
The actress’s new dark look marks the reprise of the Andy / Andromache character in the sequel to the Netflix action movie.
The last time Theron left her dark hair was while filming the first “The Old Guard” in 2020. But at the time, the cut was much shorter.
He confirmed that the mullet look is part of the movie, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “We needed something that made it feel like time had passed, so that’s why we’re going with the old mullet.”
“The Old Guard” is based on the comics written by Greg Rucka and drawn by the Argentine Leandro Fernández. In the storyline, Charlize Theron plays Andy, an immortal warrior over 6,000 years old, who has fought in several wars throughout human history. He also leads the “Old Guard”, a small group of immortals dedicated to undoing injustices around the world. The problem is that the pharmaceutical industry has discovered the “magical” healing abilities of these warriors and decides to hunt them down to perform experiments on their bodies.
Rucka wrote the script for the sequel, which will take a cue from the second story arc of the comics.
Along with Theron, other original cast members also return in the sequel: KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Additionally, two newcomers were recently announced: Uma Thurman (“Kill Bill”) and Henry Golding (“GI Joe Origins: Snake Eyes”), whose roles have not been revealed.
But there has been a shift behind the camera. “The Old Guard 2” will be directed by Victoria Mahoney, who directed one of the episodes of “Lovecraft Country”, among other series. She also made history by becoming the first black woman to work as an assistant director on a “Star Wars” film, while she directed the second unit of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (2019).
Mahoney has replaced Gina Prince-Bythewood, who directed the first film, but left the franchise last August, citing other engagements, such as “The Woman King,” in which Viola Davis is the current warrior.
Two years after its release, “The Old Guard” is still one of Netflix’s most viewed original films, with 186 million hours watched in the first 28 days of airing.
Source: Terra
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