Theron playing a Hollywood actress & inventor?

Charlize Theron, soon to be wowed by the superhero talents of Will Smith in this summer's "this still sounds like a porno" movie HANCOCK, has signed on to play real life 40's & 50's Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr in an upcoming biopic of the popular late actress. The film to be directed by Amy Redford (daughter of Robert) will be Theron's next led film once she was completed work on THE BURNING PLAIN and her small part in THE ROAD.

Born in 1913, Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American actress whose beauty captivated Hollywood audiences in the mid 20th century with memorable performances such as Delilah in Cecil De Mille's epic SAMSON AND DELILAH, and also in productions like ZIEGFIELD GIRL, WHITE CARGO and her American film debut ALGIERS. It's claimed she could have been an even bigger star if it wasn't for the fact she lost out on many roles to her European rival Ingrid Bergman, though her contribution to the film industry was great and she was herself awarded a Star on the Hollywood boulevard. Lamarr married six times and is sometimes recognised more for her small career as an inventor where she came up with an early version of a WI-FI connection which... well I will let this guy tell you more. Really interesting lady and this should make for an interesting movie...