Charlize Theron stunned New Yorkers Friday night when she scaled a towering rock face atop the Times Square Pentacular.
The Oscar winner pulled this stunt to promote her new Netflix action thriller. Summit.
Harnessed for safety but climbing unassisted, Theron ascended several flights of stairs before waving and dancing to the cheers of the crowd gathered along 7th Avenue.
“Is it actually her?” ” gasped a pedestrian in a clip shared by digital creator Mickey Blank.
In SummitTheron plays Sasha, a widow who turns to rock climbing for comfort after a tragedy, only to be stalked by a serial killer (played by Taron Egerton) in the Australian Outback.
To prepare, she trained with elite climber Beth Rodden, famous for her climbs in Yosemite.
“It’s the OG,” Theron told Netflix, admitting that she had never climbed before, beyond tree climbing during her childhood in South Africa.
Theron performed all of her own stunts for the film, channeling both physical endurance and instinct.
“There were days where I would go, and I would go through stuff, and it was just a way to forget about certain things,” she said of her training.
Apex is now streaming worldwide on Netflix.
