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New Photos and Interviews For 'Atomic Blonde'

Published Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:15:01 -0500

Atomic Blonde is right around the corner and it still looks fantastic. Entertainment Weekly has a bunch of new images and interviews with stars Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, and director David Leitch. THeron was looking for her next project when she she found them in the pages of The Coldest City, a unpublished graphic novel at the time. Theron knew that she had her next project and they have spent the last four years getting the project made.

"I was looking for something that had a female protagonist who was unapologetic and could play by the same rules as men," she says.

There was a leading lady but Leitch was surprised at how well Theron handled herself with the action scenes. When he realized that he had an actress who could create a compelling character and do the action scenes he went back to the drawing board to add more.

"I have a roomful of stunt guys who can do the choreography, but they can't create a compelling character," Leitch says. "To have the gift to do both? That's another level," he said. "After the first week I started to redesign [the fight sequences], like, 'We need more action!'"

Both Theron and Leitch wanted the action scenes to look like they hurt and they were both willing to accept that as part of the look ans feel they were going for with this production.

"Right from the beginning, it was clear there had to be consequences for all these actions," Theron says. "I think David loves that reality, and I thrive on that reality, so we really went for it."

McAvoy revealed that Therin did get hurt but that she kept coming back like it was no big deal. She apparently clenched her jaw so tightly she cracked two teeth.

"She took a lot of injuries, and I'd watch her just come back the next day with a cracked tooth or a bruised rib and just keep going," McAvoy said.

So Charlize Theron is probably more badass than you in real life too.

Summary: An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

Atomic Blonde, directed by David Leitch, stars Charlize Theron, Sofia Boutella, James McAvoy, Bill Skarsgård, John Goodman, and Toby Jones. Catch it in theaters on July 28th.

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