Actress Charlize Theron reveals that the idea to shave her head for the part of Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max Fury Road was her own in her interview for the cover story of W magazine.

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Theron graces the cover of the May issue of the magazine and reveals a ton about shooting for the film. In the interview she reveals that intially director George Miller's idea was to have her be an albino, but Theron had other ideas.

"At first, my character was going to be ghostlike and albino. And then I thought it would be stronger to shave my head," she said. "I called George [Miller] and told him my plan. He went silent, which I thought was a good sign. So I borrowed some clippers and buzzed it all off."

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When interviewer Lynn Hirschberg asked if it made it easier for a quick shower, in her typical rambunctious fashion, Theron threw in a sexual allusion.

"That question is a little sexy. [Laughs] Well, yes, it was really fun to shower with my bald head. You have not showered until you've showered hairless. That's all I have to say," she said.

The actress also spoke about how she did watch Mad Max growing up and had some memory of it but to her Mel Gibson was no star.

"I saw Mad Max, and I remember certain images: the road, the cars going really fast. But I didn't know who Mel Gibson was," she said. "I thought he was just some dude who had a really cool job. In South Africa, we didn't have the whole celebrity thing-I had no idea that people knew actors' names."

Mad Max Fury Road will hit theaters on May 15.

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