Charlize Theron overcomes her fear of heights as she scales climbing wall set into a giant billboard in Times Square to promote new film

By ELIZABETH IVENS and STEPHEN BISSET, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 23:33, 25 April 2026 | Updated: 01:54, 26 April 2026 Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is used to scaling the heights to showcase her considerable talents but she took method acting to the extreme to promote her new survival film Apex. Swapping the Australian outback, where she filmed the new cliff-edge psychological thriller, for New York, the fearless South African star scaled a specially constructed climbing wall set into a giant billboard in Times Square. And the 50-year-old Monster star coolly completed the task several hundred feet above the ground. Charlize co-stars with Kingsman star Taron Egerton, who portrays a serial killer hunting her down as she undertakes a solo expedition in memory of her husband. She reportedly had to overcome a fear of heights to do her own stunts. But dressed in a white cotton vest, baggy white trousers and climbing shoes and wearing a climbing harness, she showed no sign of nerves as she made the sheer climb. Charlize Theron scaled a climbing wall in Times Square to promote her new Netflix film Apex The South African actress reportedly overcame a fear of heights to accomplish the feat Filming took its toll - she revealed that she needed two surgeries on her arm, injured her ribs and fractured her toe. It comes as Charlize revealed plans to move permanently to Australia, after falling in love with the country while shooting the film.   She filmed in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, and told Australia's 10News that a move Down Under was inevitable. 'Mark my words – I will live in Australia one day,' she said. 'It truly is, for me, an incredible place.' Charlize added that her two daughters, Jackson, 14, and August, 11, also fell in love with the country while visiting her on set. 'My children came out to visit me and they fell in love with it, and they just never pay attention to where we are on location,' she said. 'My oldest was like: "Can we live here, Mum," and I was like: "I know, right? It's incredible."' Aside from Australia's abundant natural beauty, Charlize added that she also fell in love with the people. 'I love the people,' she said. 'I love how feisty they are, and the tenacity, and I just think the place is absolutely gorgeous.' Charlize then doubled down on her promise to move Down Under, with: 'So, yeah, I think this is my future. So whether you like it or not, I’m coming.' The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.