Charlize Theron Was Enthusiastic About 'Atomic Blonde' Sex Scenes
by EG
The stars, sex scenes, stunts and sequel potential all have audiences buzzing about Atomic Blonde.
And some of that wouldn't have made it in the film if the Universal flick — based on the graphic novel The Coldest City — didn't take some creative liberties.
The film and graphic novel follow badass superspy Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) in 1989 Berlin as she fights through a mission to protect the secrecy of a list of other agents.
While the main focus in both the graphic novel and the script was always Broughton, in the film some of the minor characters got a lot more attention than originally planned, including that of Sofia Boutella's Delphine Lasalle.
Long story, short: she was originally a male character. In the graphic novel, Lorraine is shown seducing him (both characters are clothed), but you don't see any sex. The film's scribe Kurt Johnstad cites a conversation he had with Theron that changed that.
"In the graphic novel, the Lasalle character, the French agent is actually a man. I said, 'I think it's cool if we gender flip this and make it a woman,' " Johnstad tells Heat Vision.
Theron's response? "She was like, 'That's cool.'" The relationship between the two stars has also driven the studio's marketing campaign. In the trailer the sex scenes between the characters play a major role.
Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.
Charlize Theron has appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road.