Green flag, ‘Atomic Blonde’: Charlize Theron to start 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Academy Award winner Charlize Theron was named honorary starter for the 60th running of the Daytona 500.
The actress will wave the green flag for the season-opening race Sunday in NASCAR’s Monster Energy Cup Series.
Theron, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best actress in 2003 for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wournos in “Monster,” stars in and produces the upcoming film “Gringo.” The movie will be released nationwide next month.
She also starred in “The Cider House Rules” (1999), “The Italian Job” (2003), “North Country” (2005), and more recently in “Atomic Blonde”, “The Fate of the Furious” and “Mad Max: Fury Road.”