Charlize Theron checked off a bucket list item with her upcoming Netflix action sequel The Old Guard 2.
The Oscar winner recently opened up about her longtime fandom for Uma Thurman, with whom she shares a fight sequence in the upcoming Victoria Mahoney-helmed comic book movie, which premieres July 2 on the streaming platform.
“We knew each other kind of offhand, but I knew her from being a massive fan, just watching her work, and always wanted to do something with her. Because when I came into the action world, she was really, to me, like, the sensei. She was the OG,” raved Theron on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
“I agree. She should’ve won the Academy Award for Kill Bill, right?” asked Kimmel, to which Theron responded: “A hundred percent.”
Theron added, “I think men get a lot of credit for these movies. … What she did in that film was just so unbelievable. And to me, she’s just such a badass. So, since I’ve been in action movies, I’ve been like, ‘Who do I want to work with and do an action sequence with?’ It’s always been Uma Thurman. Always.”
Although Quentin Tarantino‘s Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Volume 2 (2004) was snubbed by the Academy, Thurman received two consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress — Motion Picture Drama.
In The Old Guard 2, Theron reprises her role as Andy/Andromache of Scythia, with Thurman as her new nemesis Discord, “the first of the immortals.”
