Charlize Theron calls home-schooling ‘incredibly stressful,’ saying she’d rather shoot action movies

Charlize Theron calls home-schooling ‘incredibly stressful’ and says she’d rather shoot action movies ‘over and over again’ instead of having to do it

Like many parents, this action star and Oscar winner encountered a considerable challenge when tasked with home-schooling her children during quarantine this spring.

Charlize Theron spoke with Willie Geist for Sunday’s edition of Today about the task of teaching her two adopted daughters Jackson, eight, and August, four, while also promoting her new Netflix film The Old Guard, dropping July 10th.

The Monster actress, 44, said that during the pandemic, ‘the biggest challenge for me was just home schooling.

Rising to the challenge: Charlize Theron spoke with Willie Geist for Sunday’s edition of Today about the task of home-schooling her two adopted daughters Jackson, eight, and August, four

‘It was an incredibly stressful time for me,’ she continued, before adding, ‘and I will make any action movie over and over and over again before I home-school again!’

And action movies are very much a part of Theron’s repertoire – in her latest film The Old Guard, she plays an immortal mercenary, and the trailer for the film is filled to the brim with hand to hand combat plus a fair helping of weapon-fueled violence.

Additionally, one of the South African actress’s most notable roles was as Furiosa in 2015’s visionary film Mad Max: Fury Road, not to mention other projects like Atomic Blonde as well as her involvement in the Fast And The Furious franchise. 

Star power: The Monster actress said that during the pandemic, 'the biggest challenge for me was just home schooling' while also promoting her new Netflix film The Old Guard (pictured)

Star power: The Monster actress said that during the pandemic, ‘the biggest challenge for me was just home schooling’ while also promoting her new Netflix film The Old Guard (pictured)

In May, the Young Adult star shared a picture from her early days of motherhood, when she posted a rare behind-the-scenes snap of her with daughter Jackson on the set of Mad Max in 2015. 

In the sweet snap, the new mom has baby Jackson leaning on her chest while sitting in a car covered in grease and dirt – her general look for the gritty post-apocalyptic action thriller.

‘I became a mom right before we started shooting,’ Charlize captioned the throwback image. ‘At least my child will forever have the fun fact of “I spent most of the first year of my life in a war rig.”‘

In May: Theron shared a picture from her early days of motherhood, when she posted a rare behind-the-scenes snap of her with daughter Jackson on the set of Mad Max in 2015

In May: Theron shared a picture from her early days of motherhood, when she posted a rare behind-the-scenes snap of her with daughter Jackson on the set of Mad Max in 2015

In an interview with DailyMail.com last year, Charlize opened up about her transgender daughter Jackson, whom she had adopted as a baby and originally introduced to the world as a boy.

‘Yes, I thought she was a boy, too,’ said the actress. ‘Until she looked at me when she was three years old and said: ‘I am not a boy!’

‘So there you go! I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive.

In an interview with DailyMail.com last year: Charlize opened up about her transgender daughter Jackson, whom she had originally introduced to the world as a boy (seen in 2015)

In an interview with DailyMail.com last year: Charlize opened up about her transgender daughter Jackson, whom she had originally introduced to the world as a boy (seen in 2015)

‘They were born who they are and exactly where in the world both of them get to find themselves as they grow up, and who they want to be, is not for me to decide.’

Charlize explained that her job as a parent is ‘to celebrate’ her daughter and ‘to love them and ‘make sure that they have everything they need in order to be what they want to be.

‘And I will do everything in my power for my kids to have that right and to be protected within that.’

'So there you go! I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive,' Charlize said at the time; seen here online last month

‘So there you go! I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive,’ Charlize said at the time; seen here online last month

Action star: Theron's latest film The Old Guard comes to Netflix on July 10th

Action star: Theron’s latest film The Old Guard comes to Netflix on July 10th