Just because she's won an Oscar doesn't mean Charlize Theron plans on only doing movies which are considered by the public to be Academy-worthy. Theron's newest role as the title character of the movie "Aeon Flux," opening in theaters tomorrow, is something completely different from other roles for which she is known.

"Aeon Flux" is based on the animated series of the same name, created by Peter Chung, which aired on MTV in the early '90s. The plot was about a sexy female assassin who was sent on missions against an enemy country. The movie follows the basic plot, but there had to be changes to bring "Aeon" to the big screen.

"This is (Chung's) baby, so we wanted to keep him involved and he obviously came up with this creation and this woman," Theron said in a Nov. 13 conference call. "I wanted him to be happy. I wanted him to see it like we were being authentic to what he created."

However, the look of the character was changed, modernized and a little less risqué.

"You know it is a cartoon and I am not a cartoon. I cannot run around in a G-string and do the splits because Paramount will not be able to release the film," Theron said. "I really truly feel that people who do love the show will not be disappointed. For Peter Chung to come on the set and feel the same way I think is a huge validation for fans of the show."

Theron is known for changing her body for movies, gaining weight for her role in "Monster" and slimming down and changing her hair color for "Aeon." Theron said she wanted the challenge that came with the role.

"A huge part of this film for me was the physical aspect and I said pretty early on that I did not want to just be a gym and change my body to look a certain way. I really wanted to go and learn these skills," Theron said.

However, she also braved injury on the set. She accidentally herniated a disk in her neck while doing a back handspring and the set had to shut down for several weeks. After she healed up she went back to doing her own stunts because she would have found it joyless to sit back and let stunt people do the work.

"I do not really want to go through my life having one injury and then just kind of changing my entire life because of that," she said. "At the same time I also do not want to break my neck for a film, but you just find the medium."

Halle Berry, another winner of the Best Actress Academy Award, got bad press for doing "Catwoman" after "Monster's Ball." Many are already making comparisons between Theron and Berry's choices to do superhero-esque movies after their highly acclaimed roles.

"You know the one thing that you learn pretty quickly on in this industry is that you do not have any power or control over what happens to a film," Theron said. "Of course I care about my fans and I care about what people want to see, but the thing is there is no recipe. There is no formula that really works."

Theron believes that "Monster" is the role that changed her career, but it is not the role that is running her career.

"So given an Oscar or no Oscar for me as an actor, the most important thing always has just been to be true to myself and to do work that really means something to me," she said. "Whether it has a social message or whether it is just a great entertaining film, it does not matter what genre it is, none of those things really drive me."

"Aeon Flux" is a movie Theron believes has that social message. She said it is about questioning the government, much like the United States is doing currently.

"Aeon is that quintessential character who stands up against the government and does not give in and does not live in this gilded cage and just stays quiet," Theron said. "She is not okay with that and she believes in the freedom of speech and individual rights and she fights against that."

Even though "Aeon" takes place 400 years into the future, Theron said the movie is relevant to present.

"I sometimes did not think of this as a futuristic film at all," she said. "It deals with issues that I think we are dealing with right now and if we do not pay attention to them we will be dealing with the final product of what 'Aeon Flux' deals with 400 years in the future. So maybe we can learn something."