Charlize Theron Was Disappointed Her Gynecologist Was Not A Handsome Homocidal Twin

Despite my annoyance over the breathless way male writers tend to profile her, I have to admit that Charlize Theron seems like a pretty cool chick. She can act, she makes funny jokes, and now it turns out she’s got twisted taste in movies and lady-parts doctors, to boot.

In a recent interview with New York Magazine‘s blog Vulture, Theron professed her love for the 1988 David Cronenberg film Dead Ringers, in which Jeremy Irons plays insane twin gynecologists. When asked why she loved the film so much, she replied, “I just, I had a massive crush on Jeremy Irons, and when I met my gynecologist, I was like, “Wait a second. You’re not Jeremy Irons. You don’t look like Jeremy Irons at all!”

This might sound reasonable enough to anyone unfamiliar with the film, as Jeremy Irons is indeed a babe. But if you’ve seen it, your vagina is probably crying a little bit right now. Among other things, one of the Jeremy Ironses creates “gynecological instruments for mutant women” and then tries to use them on non-mutant ones, which is every bit as terrifying as it sounds. That movie ruined my whole week when I watched it for a class called Medicine in Film and Culture, and I seriously considered learning how to do my own pap smears.

Which is all to say: Charlize Theron is a braver woman than most. And/or she really wants to be in a David Cronenberg movie (who wouldn’t?). Either way, Dead Ringers is a great film and you should see it if you haven’t yet. Preferably with someone who’ll hold your hand through the icky parts.

(Via Vulture)