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>> AS I SAID, SHE HAS LONG BEEN
ONE OF THE CERTIFIABLE GODDESSES
OF HOLLYWOOD.
HOW WE HAVE LOOKED AT HER.
BUT THERE IS A NEW MOVIE COMING
OUT WHICH IS GOING TO TRANSFORM
YOUR IDEA OF WHAT CAN BE DONE ON
SCREEN.
IT'S CALLED "MONSTER" AND
CHARLIZE THERON HAS AN
ASTONISHING TRANSFORMATION IN
IT.
SHE'S PLAYING AMERICA'S FIRST
FEMALE SERIAL KILLER, AILEEN
WUORNOS, EXECUTED A LITTLE MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO.
"ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY" SAYS,
SUREST BET TO SECURE AND OSCAR
NOMINATION.
CHARLIZE THERON JOINS ME TONIGHT
ON "PRIMETIME" AND SHE JOINS ME
NOW.
WE HAVE TO START WITH THE
SURFACE STUFF BECAUSE IT'S SO
STAGGERING.
>> I'M READY.
>> YOU GAINED 30 POUNDS.
CRISPY CREAMS, SERIAL KRISPY
KREME, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, ANYTHING CREAMY,
CHEESY, BAD FOR YOU.
>> YOU PLUCKED YOUR EYEBROWS OUT
AND YOU ALSO -- I MEAN, YOUR
SKIN IS JUST UNRECOGNIZABLELY
RAVAGED IN IT.
I'M GOING TO SHOW EVERYBODY NOW
HOW IT HAPPENS.
HERE, FIRST, IS THE REAL AILEEN
WUORNOS.
AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AS
CHARLIZE THERON, NO ONE WOULD
HAVE BELIEVED IT WAS POSSIBLE.
BECOMES THAT WOMAN.
AND, AS WE HAVE SAID, IT'S NOT
JUST FROM THE OUTSIDE.
IT SEEMS TO BE FROM THE INSIDE
OUT, AS WELL.
DID YOU THINK YOU HAD ANYTHING
TO LOSE BY DOING THIS AND GOING
THIS FAR?
DID YOU HESITATE AT ALL?
>> I -- I GUESS I WAS AT A PLACE
IN MY CAREER WHERE I'VE BEEN
VERY HAPPY WITH MY CAREER.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY
BLESSED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I
GUESS SOMETHING INSIDE ME ALWAYS
FELT THAT I KNEW I WAS CAPABLE
OF A LOT MORE.
IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND
FILMMAKERS OR GET FILMMAKERS
EXCITED ABOUT ME IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
>> WOULD LET YOU DO IT.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
ABOUT HER WAS THAT IN THIS
HORRIBLE CHILDHOOD, AND THIS, IN
SOME WAYS DEMENTED LIFE, SHE
NEVER GAVE UP HOPE OF BEING
SOMEBODY DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO CARRY
AROUND.
I WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY FIRST A
SMALL CLIP OF HER REACTING IN
THE COURTROOM TO THE SENTENCING
AGAINST HER.
SHE DID GET THE DEATH PENALTY.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A CLIP
OF YOU IN "MONSTER."
FIRST, THE REAL AILEEN WUORNOS.
>> I KNOW I WAS *** AND YOU
AIN'T NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF
***.
>> THEREFORE, THESE PROCEEDINGS
--
>> PUTTING -- TO DEATH.
>> THANK YOU, JUDGE.
AND MAY YOU ROT IN HELL.
SENDING A *** WOMAN TO DEATH!
YOU'RE A BUNCH OF ***, THAT'S
WHAT YOU ARE!
>> LOVE CONQUER ALL.
LOVE CONQUERS ALL.
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING.
FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS.
LOVE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
WHERE THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S
HOPE.
>> IS THERE A LESSON IN THAT
LIFE?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HER
LIFE WAS SO -- I MEAN, FOR US,
WE ALL GO THROUGH MISFORTUNE AND
UNHAPPINESS AND WE STRUGGLE
THROUGH LIFE WITH THE SAME
THINGS SHE STRUGGLED BUT ON SUCH
A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
AND, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO KIND OF WATCH THE ENTIRE
MOVIE TO UNDERSTAND THAT CYNICAL
REMARK.
BUT IN HER LIFE, THAT WAS HER
REALITY.
SHE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO HANG ON
TO BUT HOPE.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT HER IS
THAT SHE NEVER WANTED PEOPLE TO
FEEL SORRY FOR HER OR KIND OF
APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT SHE HAD DONE.
I THINK THAT WAS GREAT.
>> I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO
SOMETHING SHALLOW.
YOU SAID YOUR BOYFRIEND LIKED
YOU AT THAT 30-POUNDS EXTRA
WEIGHT.
>> YEAH, THE FUNNY THING IS
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT
THAT.
IT WASN'T AN ISSUE AT ALL.
I THINK ALSO BECAUSE I DIDN'T
REALLY SET OUT TO GET FAT OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS JUST -- EVERYTHING
HAPPENED SO ORGANICALLY ON THIS
MOVIE, SO WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING,
HE WAS REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND HIS
WAY OF MAKING ME FEEL OK ABOUT
IT.
HE LOVED THATTERING WAS GETTING
-- HE LOVED THAT EVERYTHING WAS
GETTING BIGGER.
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE
OF YOUR ACCENT -- YOU HAVE NO
ACCENT BUT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE
IS AFRICANSE -- YOU'RE FROM
SOUTH AFRICA, DO YOU STILL THINK
IN THAT LANGUAGE?
>> I DO.
MY BOYFRIEND TOLD ME JUST TWO
DAYS AGO I WAS TALKING IN MY
SLEEP TO HIM IN AFRICANSE.
I TOLD HIM TO GIVE ME SOME ROOM
ON THE BED --
>> SAY IT TO ME IN THAT
LANGUAGE.
>> NOT THAT IT HAPPENS ALL THE
TIME BUT I MY MOTHER LIVES IN
LOS ANGELES AND I SPEAK TO HER
IN FFF AND I THINK THAT HAS KEPT
IT ALIVE FOR ME -- IN AFRICANSE
FOR ME, SO I THINK IT'S VERY
MUCH A PART OF ME.
>> A QUOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
THE MOVIE "THIS IS NOT JUST A
PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS A WOMAN WHO UNDERSTANDS
BOTH THE LIGHT AND DARK SIDE OF
LIFE."
TONIGHT, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT YOU AND A LIFE WHICH
REQUIRED UNBELIEVABLE STRENGTH,
AND LOVE.
AND WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR
OWN LIFE TONIGHT ON "PRIMETIME."
THE MOVIE IS "MONSTER."
IT OPENS WIDE THIS WEEK.
AND 10:00 P.M. TONIGHT.
ROSE COMING UP.
PETE ROSE.