Actress Charlize Theron's shaky grasp of geography: 'I adored Turkey....and its capital, Budapest'

11 April 2012
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She has a reputation as one of Hollywood's more intelligent actresses, but Charlize Theron showed a shaky grasp of geography when discussing her travels.

The blonde Oscar winner talked passionately about visiting Budapest and mentioned the Hungarian capital three times by name in an interview.

Except she meant the Turkish city of Istanbul, which she visited with her boyfriend actor Stuart Townsend while the pair "backpacked" around the world.

The 32-year-old South African actress said: "We went to Turkey. When we got over there, we rented a car and we drove all the way to Budapest. By the time we got to Budapest it was like the Cannes Film Festival, I'd never seen anything like it."

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Charlize Theron: showed a shaky grasp of geography when discussing her travels

Miss Theron had actually turned up in the midst of the Istanbul International Film Festival.

She described buying Turkish carpets, visiting a Turkish bazaar and the lavish attention she received in "Budapest".

The star added: "When we travel, it's like backpacking. We don't stay in fancy hotels. We like to go and be part of the culture."

Miss Theron was being interviewed to promote In The Valley Of Elah, her first film since her trip.

She plays a detective who helps search for a US soldier missing after returning from Iraq.

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