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"Charlize Theron has compared her Snow White and the Huntsman character Queen Ravenna to Jack Nicholson&amp;#039;s psychotic killer in The Shining. In a chat with Interview, Theron admitted that it was a struggle to understand Queen Ravenna&amp;#039;s reasons for hating Snow White.   &amp;quot;At first, I didn&amp;#039;t really understand why she was evil or losing her mind, but once I understood that it wasn&amp;#039;t just the fact that her mortality relied upon finding Snow White, and that knowing that and not being able to do anything and being stuck in a castle,&amp;quot; Theron explained. She continued: &amp;quot;Well, I think that would be maddening for somebody like her. It reminded me a lot of Jack Nicholson&amp;#039;s character in The Shining - that idea that you&amp;#039;re stuck in this place and you can&amp;#039;t escape it, that cabin fever.&amp;quot; Theron added that she began to understand more about the character&amp;#039;s unravelling mental state as filming continued.  &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s very intuitive, Ravenna, and I think she feels instantly that there&amp;#039;s something about this girl, Snow White, that&amp;#039;s different, and she doesn&amp;#039;t quite know what it&amp;#039;s for until the mirror tells her that Snow White will surpass her if she doesn&amp;#039;t deal with it - and then, of course, all hell breaks loose.&amp;quot; Theron previously commented that recent roles in Young Adult, Snow White and the Huntsman and Prometheus have her feeling like she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;floating on a giant cloud&amp;quot;. Snow White and the Huntsman is now playing in cinemas. Watch a trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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