Hollywood’s leading ladies are often cast in roles that are well beyond their years, but Christina Hendricks was shocked to be asked to play the part of Charlize Theron’s mother – despite being just three months older than her.
The 40-year-old actress was asked to play the role of Patty Day, mother to 39-year old Charlize’s character Libby Day in the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel Dark Places.
The Mad Men star told James Corden on The Late Late Show: “I walked on set and they had just lost their other lead to play Charlize’s mum. They said ‘Would you consider taking on this role?’ and I sort of just froze.”
But thankfully, Christina had little reason to be insulted: Libby’s murdered mother only appears as her younger self in flashback scenes.
Christina was originally slated to play stripper Krissi Cates in the film, but was upgraded to the role of Patti after a drop-out from Samantha Morton.
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