Charlize Theron Says Uma Thurman Deserved an Oscar for KILL BILL - "A Hundred Percent" — GeekTyrant
Most movie fans who have seen Quentin Tarantino's films would agree that Uma Thurman's portrayal of Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride/Black Mamba in the Kill Bill movies is one of the greatest characters in both Thurman's body of work, as well as Tarantino's imagination.
She is among the most badass fighters, a defier of death, many times over, and a mom that will do anything to reunite with her child, and kill the man who took her from her.
Fellow actress Charlize Theron, who has played her share of kickass characters, feels so passionately about Uma Thurman's role in the films, that she spoke about it in a recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The pair faced off with one another in the upcoming Netflix sequel The Old Guard 2 , and Theron talked about working with Thurman, who she's always been a fan of, stating:
'We knew each other kind of offhand, but I knew her from being a massive fan, just watching her work, and always wanted to do something with her. Because when I came into the action world, she was really, to me, like, the sensei. She was the OG.'
'I agree. She should've won the Academy Award for Kill Bill , right?' asked Kimmel, to which Theron responded: 'A hundred percent.' Theron added:
'I think men get a lot of credit for these movies. … What she did in that film was just so unbelievable. And to me, she's just such a badass. So, since I've been in action movies, I've been like, 'Who do I want to work with and do an action sequence with?' It's always been Uma Thurman. Always.'
Although Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Volume 2 (2004) was snubbed by the Academy, Thurman received two consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress — Motion Picture Drama.
In The Old Guard 2 , Theron reprises her role as Andy/Andromache of Scythia, with Thurman as her new nemesis Discord, 'the first of the immortals.'
The Old Guard 2 hits Netflix on July 2nd.
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