The Old Guard: Inside Charlize Theron's transformation into an ax-wielding, millennia-old warrior
by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez, the film follows this small team of immortals as they evolve and age through history, impervious to injury or illness. They’ve spent the last few centuries brushing up on their battle skills, and their millennia-old leader is Theron’s Andy, a.k.a. Andromache the Scythian, an ancient warrior who can be as deadly with a handgun as she is with her signature ax.
“These types of films — especially action films of this size — usually follow a male character, and there are female characters, but they’re just kind of orbiting around whatever his story is,” Layne, 28, says. “This film [has] the ability to carry two very strong female stories.”The newbie Niles finds a reluctant mentor in Andy, as the two women bond over the loneliness of immortality. “Most people can’t relate to slinging a giant sword around [and] really messing people up,” Layne cracks.
To prepare to play elite mercenaries, Layne and Theron underwent months of training with fight coordinator Daniel Hernandez. As a Marine, Layne’s Nile can certainly hold her own in a fight, but Theron’s Andy is the expert, having picked up moves from around the world over the last few centuries. “We looked at all kinds of different styles — styles that came from the Middle East, styles that came from Mongolia,” explains stunt coordinator Brycen Counts.
Even an action expert like Theron calls it one of the most difficult projects she’s ever taken on — made even more challenging after she tore a tendon in her left thumb during the final weeks of filming. After wrapping, she needed three surgeries on her left arm.
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