“There is a wave happening right now that sets this apart,” said Theron, adding, “I don’t want my daughters to go through [sexual harassment]. We don’t want our sisters to go through that. We don’t want our mothers to go through that. We just want to be able to go to work and feel safe.”

Theron spoke out about the Me Too movement earlier this year, sharing her own experience.

Opening up on The Howard Stern Show, Theron recalled being sent to audition with a high-profile producer who “was a very big deal and is still a big deal” at 9pm on a Saturday night at the start of her acting career. She said that when she arrived, he answered the door in his pajamas.

Theron recalled that the producer sat much too close to her and was drinking alcohol. He also asked her personal questions and didn’t want her to read the lines she’d brought. The actor said she decided to leave when he put his hand on her knee.

“It’s crazy and girls talk about this where you just go blank,” she said. “Like you don’t know what to do, but I left. I don’t even know how I got out of the house, but I left.”

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