The actress’s mother was battling health issues at the time she was <br />filming the project in Belfast, Ireland.<br /><br />Today, The School for Good and Evil starring Kerry Washington and Charlize <br />Theron debuts on Netflix. The film adaptation of the YA novel of the same <br />name by Soman Chainani finds Washington and Theron as adversaries <br />working on opposing sides, with the former portraying Professor Dovey, the <br />kind overseer of the School for Good, and the latter leading the School for <br />Evil as the prickly Lady Lesso.<br /><br />In real life, however, the actresses enjoyed every minute of their time <br />together on set, with Theron telling ESSENCE, “The most fun [thing about the<br />project] was getting to work with Kerry, hands down.” <br /><br />Washington returned the compliment to Theron, saying she was also the <br />highlight of her experience, as was working with director Paul Feig and the <br />young leading ladies of the movie, Sophia Anne Caruso and Sofia Wylie. But <br />being away from her family while working on the project, which was filmed in<br />Belfast Ireland, the former Scandal star says, was a challenge. <br /><br />“My kids were with me, but my mom was actually dealing with some health <br />issues at the time and so it was really hard for me to leave and be away in <br />another country,” she shares.<br /><br />Having her children on set, though, offered much-needed family fun, <br />Washington adds. “They had a blast, but they thought that Charlize’s <br />character’s costume was much cooler. Well, Charlize in general, which, <br />where’s the lie?” <br /><br />Because Theron was only away for 11 days filming the project, her daughters<br />stayed home with her mother, but after seeing the movie they became fast <br />fans.<br /><br />“My little one is seven and she loved it,” says Theron. “I know it’s supposed <br />to be for a little bit of an older audience but she was in 100 percent.”<br />Check out our full interview with Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron in <br />the video above.
