Charlize Theron had a lucky escape early on in her career after losing out on the lead role in stripper film flop ?Showgirls? to Elizabeth Berkley. ?Charlize also auditioned, and I don?t recall her having any problem with the nudity at all,? he tells the New York Daily News. ?She was good and wanted the part, but basically she was not well known enough at the time and just did not fit the part, so we said no.?