My Cute Boot Is Hiding A Fractured Toe

Charlize Theron took the stage at Netflix‘s 2025 Upfront “fresh off the mountain” from filming Apex, where she was injured on the set.

The star joked about hiding her fractured toe during filming on the film’s set in Australia.

“God, I miss early mornings in the wilderness, birds chirping, extremes babbling, and the leaves rustling as a serial killer waits for me,” Theron jokingly set at the Netflix event. “It’s actually a miracle that I’m here today. Apex only wrapped like a week ago, so I’m fresh off the mountain. I still have some Australian dirt under this pretty manicure, and my cute boot is hiding a fractured toe.”

Theron noted that filming Apex “was one of the most incredible experiences” of her life, adding, “We shot in beautiful locations, deep in gorgeous and stunning rivers in Australia, is no man’s land, literally no like no man’s land.”

The Oscar-winning star says she “did some stunts and action without awareness,” adding that Apex gave her the opportunity “to outdo the action that I did in Old Guard 2, which is coming out in a couple of weeks.”

“But you know, back to me almost dying, I’m really proud to share a little of this mammoth movie that I got to work on,” she said. “And I have to say, I was very lucky to work alongside the very talented Taron Egerton.”

Apex follows a rock climber who finds herself being hunted in the wild. Baltasar Kormákur directs the film with a script from Jeremy Robbins. Theron stars alongside Taron Egerton and Eric Bana.