Word: theron
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...course, the trouble with metaphors is that you can only take them so far. After all, not everybody plays golf (in fact, most people probably couldn't tell you the difference between a birdie and a bogie); and in real life, none of us are engaged to Charlize Theron (though we can dream). Thankfully, moviegoers for the past century have succeeded in separating fantasy from reality without too much trouble, which makes the fantastical story of Bagger Vance a whole lot easier to swallow...
...legend of Bagger Vance first surfaced. Hardy grew up idolizing Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon '92), the pride of Savannah, Georgia who, prior to going off to war, was one of the most promising golfers in the South-as well as being engaged to the beautiful Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron), the daughter of a rich entrepeneur who owned the luxurious Krewe Island Golf Resort. All good things must come to an end, as Junuh's picture-perfect life is shattered by the horrors of World War I-an experience which leaves him emotionally devastated, spiritually devoid, and unable to play...
...astonishing actress," says Gray, now that they're friends again. "I got the sense that she has an interesting and troubled past. It's the only thing that could explain the depth of emotion." He may be referring obliquely to Theron's adolescence, when her father was shot and killed by her mother in self-defense. Though her mother wasn't charged with a crime, Theron previously told reporters that her father died in a car accident. These days Theron, who lives near her mother, who has also immigrated to Los Angeles, prefers not to talk about the tragedy...
That sense of the clock ticking is what compels Theron to work so much and push so hard. While her innate star quality has propelled her to the front ranks of the up-and-coming ingenues, she still must keep an eye on Cameron Diaz, Ashley Judd and Gwyneth Paltrow. "You have to be willing to go to the director and go, 'Look!'" says Theron. "You sometimes have to convince them." While she doesn't plan to lighten her work load, she is becoming more reticent with the press. Asked if she's engaged to her longtime boyfriend, singer Stephan...
...just as you start to worry that Theron is clamming up--which would have huge implications for the publishing industry--she lets loose with a vintage Charlize Theron statement: "I'm gonna live till I'm 80, and when I'm wrinkled and dying, I can say, 'I f______ tried everything.'" We look forward to parachutes and pink mules...