When asked about her relationship to fame, @charlizeafrica demurs. “I feel like I’m at a place where it is what it is. Working more isn’t, I think, going to change my level of fame. It just has always been a mediocre ride. I’ve never been one of those people that’s at a Kim Kardashian level. But I feel like it’s just always been this thing.” If anything, Theron says, her star power has less currency than it once did. “Now it’s like, I pitch shit all day long and people are like, ‘No, thanks.’ And that’s nice. It’s nice that you’re making things on the merit of how good they are versus this idea of, like, ‘Oh, you’re this thing, and we want to be in business with that thing.’ ” Read the full October 2022 cover story at the link in bio. — October 2022 Issue (on sale October 4) Photographer: @josholins Stylist: @stella_greenspan Creative Director: @lauragenninger Hair: @hairbyorlandopita Makeup: @sallybranka Manicures: @tombachik Production: @lolaproduction Set Design: @heathmattioli Story by: @leahchernikoff #CharlizeTheron wears @therow and @prada.