Charlize Theron recalls mother fatally shooting her father in self-defense

Charlize Theron is revealing the heartbreaking details of the day her mother killed her father.

During a recent interview New York TimesThe 50-year-old actor said he talked about the incident to help “other people not feel alone,” recalling the night his mother fatally shot his father when he was 15.

“I didn’t know about such a story,” he said. “When this happened to us, I thought we were the only people. These things don’t bother me anymore.”

Explaining the events that led to his father’s death, the actor stated that everything started when he did not greet his father when he came to his uncle’s house after a night at the cinema, and said, “I had to pee really badly. That’s why I ran home to go to the toilet, and he perceived it as rude.”

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Respecting elders is a big deal in South Africa, and because his father was drunk, “he got drunk. Like: ‘Why didn’t you stop? Who do you think you are?’ like.”

The “Mad Max: Fury Road” actor recalled that he knew his father was angry at him and asked his mother to tell him he was asleep to avoid confronting him when they got home.

“I went into my room, turned off the lights and got scared,” she said. “My window overlooked the driveway and I could tell his level of anger, frustration or unhappiness by the way he walked in. I can’t explain to you the way he walked into that property that night. I just knew something bad was going to happen.”

Theron’s instinct proved correct, and she said her father later “entered the house shooting.”[ing] through the steel doors to get in with his brother.”

Theron said that her father shot a bullet through the door where she and her mother were hiding. (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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Both Theron and her mother “knew the situation was serious” and took action.

“When he first broke the door, my mother ran to the safe to get her gun. She came to my bedroom. We were both holding the door with our bodies because there was no lock on it,” he explained. “And he pulled back and started shooting through the door. That’s the crazy part: We didn’t get a single bullet. It’s crazy when you think about it that way.”

“But the message was very clear. I’m going to kill you tonight. You think I can’t get through this door? Watch me,” he continued. “He walked up to the safe and my mother opened the door while my brother was still standing there. My brother ran down the hall and fired a bullet that ricocheted down the hall seven times and shot him in the hand. That’s something you can’t explain. Then he followed my father, who was then opening the safe to get more guns, and shot him.”

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A year later, Theron left South Africa to pursue a modeling career in Italy and later found her way to Hollywood.

Theron grew up in South Africa and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s to pursue acting. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

He began his career in Hollywood in 1996 and quickly made a name for himself with films such as “The Devil’s Advocate” and “The Italian Job” and later won an Academy Award for his role in the 2003 film “Monster”.

Earlier this year, Theron talked about her mother and father’s relationship while speaking to AnOther magazine, and how seeing her mother take direction influenced her acting style.

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“My mother had a complicated relationship with my father, and I think that really informed me,” she said. “Honestly, when I was young I had no idea how complex people and relationships were.

Theron said watching her mother’s relationship with her father shaped her acting choices. (Axelle Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

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“And of course I wish she had a great marriage and didn’t have to go through all of this. But I think in a lot of ways it’s made me more honest as an actor when I play women.”