To play Aileen Wuornos, the real-life prostitute and serial killer who was executed in 2002, Charlize Theron put on thirty pounds and endured an hour and a half of attention each shooting day from the makeup artist Toni G.

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"In other words, she had knowledge that John would grow up to be a serial killer, she had knowledge that Paul would be a deaf, mute, homosexual prostitute, " Resnick said of Yates' delusions.

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