Wait, Charlize Theron Almost Starred In Showgirls?!

Years before winning an Oscar for Monster -- and decades before she became a feminist action-movie icon with Mad Max: Fury Road -- Charlize Theron almost went down a very different path. Trying to break into the movie business, the statuesque South African beauty apparently auditioned to play the lead role of Nomi in Paul Verhoeven and Joe Eszterhas’ Showgirls. And this is why she didn’t get the gig.   The New York Daily News has the scoop, saying that Charlize Theron auditioned for the Sho...