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Chris Hemsworth has revealed that watching George Miller's 'Mad Max' inspired him to go into film. The 40-year-old actor stars in the post-apocalyptic franchise's prequel movie 'Furiosa' and explained how Miller's work and the presence of Mel Gibson in the original 1979 flick "created the bridge" for Australians to succeed in Hollywood. Speaking in conversation with filmmaker Baz Luhrmann at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, Chris said: "I remember watching 'Mad Max' and have vivid memories of its messaging and the type of storytelling. It was a sort of iconic Australian vision, but p...
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Charlize Theron isn't annoyed that Anya Taylor-Joy hasn't spoken to her about 'Furiosa'. The 47-year-old actress played Imperator Furiosa in the film 'Mad Max: Fury Road' but the role will be filled by 'The Queen's Gambit' actress in George Miller's prequel movie and Theron isn't concerned that neither Taylor-Joy nor the director have been in contact. Asked if Anya or George had spoken to her about the part, the Oscar-winning star said: "No, but I get that. "It's always tricky. Who wants to pick up the phone and say, like, 'Hey, we're going to do this without you.' No one wants to do that. So,...
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Chris Hemsworth feared that he would "derail" the 'Mad Max' franchise. The 39-year-old star has been cast in an undisclosed role in George Miller's prequel film 'Furiosa' but confessed that he was "scared out of his mind" as he struggled to understand his character. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Chris said: "In the build up, and I'm talking a couple of years, I was scared out of my mind. I'm like, 'I'm gonna derail one of the most iconic franchises.' I'm gonna bring down 'Mad Max'. It's gonna be my fault." The 'Thor' star continued: "Often I get a script and I know from the first...
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Chris Hemsworth has claimed that the next 'Thor' film will "probably be the finale" for his character. The 39-year-old star has played the God of Thunder in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for over a decade but thinks the time has come to bid farewell to his alter ego. Speaking to Vanity Fair magazine, Chris said: "I feel like we'd probably have to close the book if I ever did it again, you know what I mean? I feel like it probably warrants that. "I feel like it'd probably be the finale, but that's not based on anything anyone's told me or any sort of plans. "You have this birth of a hero,...
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Anya Taylor-Joy has described 'Furiosa' as a "life-changing experience". The 26-year-old actress is playing the lead role in the 'Mad Max' prequel and described the experience of working on George Miller's film as "utterly unique". Anya told The Hollywood Reporter: "It will take me the full two years before the movie comes out to even begin to process what I just left 12 days ago. ('Furiosa') was the most life-changing experience that I've ever had, with such talented artists. "I really felt like I grew so much, but yes, it's wild. It's utterly unique." Anya stars in the new movie 'The Menu' a...
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Edgar Wright contributed to the 'Top Gun: Maverick' soundtrack. The 48-year-old director told producer Christopher McQuarrie to use Foghat's 'Slow Ride' for the action sequel's bar scene after being shown the blockbuster prior to its release. He said of the 'Top Gun' flick: "I first watched that in 2020. Chris McQuarrie and Tom Cruise showed it to me, and it was pretty much the film that got released, minus the Lady Gaga song. "And in terms of the Foghat thing, they needed a song. My dream text to get was Chris McQuarrie saying, 'Hey, we need a new song for the bar scene in 'Top Gun: Maverick'...
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George Miller has written another 'Mad Max' prequel. The 77-year-old director is returning to helm the movie 'Furiosa', which will star Anya Taylor-Joy and serves as an origin story for the character played by Charlize Theron in 'Mad Max: Fury Road', and revealed that he has another prequel idea in mind for Max Rockatansky – who has been portrayed by both Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy in the action franchise. In an interview with The AV Club, George said: "We also wrote, not a screenplay, but almost in novel form, Nico Lathouris and I, what happened to Max in that year before, and that's something ...
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'Furiosa' has shut down production. The fifth installment of the blockbuster 'Mad Max' series was shooting in the Sydney suburb of Kurnell when director George Miller reportedly contracted COVID-19, meaning that work on the movie will be stopped until August 15 while he endures a period of isolation. According to The Daily Mail Australia, legendary movie maker George, 77, - who created the police officer action franchise back in the 1970s and has won him a total of six Academy Awards - is believed to have tested positive for the virus on Monday (08.08.22) and is said to be isolating at his hom...
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Tilda Swinton’s inner “film geek” relished the chance to work with George Miller. The Scottish star appears in the 77-year-old filmmaker’s latest movie, ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ – in which she plays lonely academic Dr. Alithea Binnea, who meets an ancient Djinn (Idris Elba) and learns his life story, which spans three millennia – and she found being directed by the ‘Max Max’ helmsman as close an experience to working with the late Alfred Hitchcock as possible. She said: “I had a moment one day when I thought, ‘I never got to work with Hitchcock but I got to work with George Miller.’ “...
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George Miller tried to cast Tilda Swinton in 'Furiosa'. The 77-year-old filmmaker worked with the actress on his latest movie 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' and was desperate to find her a part in his prequel to 'Mad Max: Fury Road', although he had no joy in the end. George told The Hollywood Reporter: "She really is something. She's an artist and one of the wisest people I've ever known. It was the first thing I thought about. "In 'Suspiria', she played three roles, one of which is an old man, so I thought, well, she could play one of the men (in 'Furiosa'). But unfortunately, there was n...
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