Charlize Theron Takes Jibe at Timothée Chalamet

didn't take kindly to  seemingly dismissing opera and ballet as dying art forms, especially given her grueling dance training as a teenager.

The 50-year-old Bombshell actress slammed Chalamet's 'reckless' remarks in an interview with The New York Times that was published Saturday, saying, 'Oh, boy, I hope I run into him one day.'

Theron, who stars in the upcoming action thriller Apex as a rock climber being hunted by a ruthless killer — played by Taron Edgerton — in the Australian wilderness, said she considers dance 'one of the hardest things' she's done in her life when the subject of Chalamet's comments came up.

'Dancers are superheroes. What they put their bodies through in complete silence,' Theron said.

That prompted the interviewer to chime in, 'Sorry, Timothée Chalamet,' in reference to the Marty Supreme actor's controversial comments.

Chalamet, who's been , without his girlfriend , caused some major backlash during a March /Variety town hall, in which he stated that he didn't want to work in either opera or ballet, as 'no one cares about this anymore.'

He did try to soften his stance by saying, 'All respect to the ballet and opera people out there.'

But Theron gave him no mercy. 'That was a very reckless comment on an art form, two art forms, that we need to lift up constantly because, yes, they do have a hard time,' she shot back.

She added, 'But in 10 years, AI is going to be able to do Timothée's job, but it will not be able to replace a person on a stage dancing live. And we shouldn't s*** on other art forms.'