During the interview Theron also turns her signature frankness and honesty to the topic of unequal pay between men and women in Hollywood.

Referencing the Sony scandal, where leaked emails revealed the pay gap between stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and the cast of American Hustle, Theron explains how she held-off signing up to The Huntsman sequel until equal pay between herself and Chris Hemsworth had been guaranteed.

“Look, when I saw that Jennifer Lawrence made what she made in comparison to Bradley Cooper, I was definitely shocked,” she says.

“The way people have been writing about it, it sounds like the Sony hack was what motivated me [to demand equal pay].

“My feeling would have still been, 'if we’re going to do it again, shouldn’t we start on equal footing?' Because, trust me, we weren’t on equal footing there.”

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