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Charlize Theron talks tequila, AI and women’s power

From El Universal · () Spanish

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  • Charlize Theron spoke about perseverance, artificial intelligence and the future of cinema at Fundación Telmex’s México Siglo XXI event in Mexico City.
  • The Oscar-winning actor said AI could lower production costs but urged the film industry to think carefully about how it uses the technology.
  • Theron said conditions for women in the industry have improved since she began her career, but significant inequality remains.

Charlize Theron drew laughter at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional when she was asked about her favorite Mexican dish. “Does tequila count? You can have it with salt and lime!” she replied, before praising mole, ceviche and other Mexican food.

Does tequila count? You can have it with salt and lime!

· Charlize TheronShe joked about her favorite Mexican dish at the Mexico Siglo XXI event.

The Oscar-winning actor, known for “Monster” and “Mad Max: Fury Road,” spoke for 50 minutes with actor Alan Estrada at Fundación Telmex’s México Siglo XXI event. She told the nearly 10,000 people attending that South Africans and Mexicans share resilience and a strong work ethic.

Theron said she began her career in the mid-1990s after working as a model to pay the rent. She recalled arriving at auditions with her hair unstyled because people at the time did not see modeling or product promotion as a path to acting. “I don’t think I’m that talented. I just work harder than everyone else. I stay longer, and that is what can set me apart,” she said.

I don’t think I’m that talented. I just work harder than everyone else. I stay longer, and that is what can set me apart.

· Charlize TheronShe described the work ethic that helped her build her acting career.

Asked about artificial intelligence in filmmaking and its threat to jobs, Theron said the challenge was to stay current without accepting the technology uncritically. She noted that AI could reduce costs and allow directors to make films that might otherwise be impossible. At the same time, she said the future of cinema remained uncertain.

It can reduce costs and allow a director to make a film that otherwise might not be possible.

· Charlize TheronShe identified a potential benefit of artificial intelligence in filmmaking.

Theron said technological change would not stop people from going to theaters or prevent smaller films from reaching festivals. She cited young audiences who watched “The Odyssey” and films by Christopher Nolan as evidence of a broad and diverse audience. She said studios would continue investing in movies and urged the industry not to let the theatrical experience disappear. On women’s progress, she said the industry had changed since she started, but women were still often told they could succeed only up to a certain point, something she said she had never seen applied to Tom Cruise.

With women, people say, ‘I want you to be successful, but only up to here,’ and I have never seen anyone say that to Tom Cruise.

· Charlize TheronShe discussed the continuing limits placed on women in the film industry.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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