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Charlize Theron shocked New Yorkers on Friday when she scaled a massive billboard in the heart of Times Square.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The stunt was to promote her new action flick, Apex<\/em>, costarring Taron Egerton and streaming now on Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Theron trained with “badass” rock climber Beth Rodden and performed all her own stunts in the film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Charlize Theron<\/a> just proved she performs her own stunts.<\/p>\n On Friday, the Oscar winner scaled a massive billboard atop Times Square’s Pentacular to promote Apex<\/em><\/a>, her new action flick streaming now on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n As curious New Yorkers watched from below on 7th Avenue, Theron \u2013 wearing a safety harness, of course \u2013 climbed a faux rock wall several stories high. At the summit, she waved to onlookers and danced as they cheered.<\/p>\n “That’s actually her?” marveled a pedestrian in a video captured by New York digital creator Mickey Blank<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Apex<\/em>, Theron stars as a rock climber who finds herself being hunted by a serial killer (Taron Egerton<\/a>) while stranded in the Australian Outback.<\/p>\n