The actor Charlize Theron grew up with an alcoholic father. When she was 15, he tried to kill her and her mother, shooting through her bedroom door. Her mother shot and killed him in an act that was found to be self-defense. “I think these things should be talked about because it makes other people not feel alone,” Theron says in her interview. As an adult, she has worked to prevent violence against women and girls. On “The Interview,” she talks about her childhood, her early career, her new movie, “Apex,” and more. Read, watch or listen to the full conversation with
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