We also learn a little more about Furiosa‘s story, coming by way of stylish title cards. “45 years after the collapse, a young Furiosa is taken from her family,” they read. “She will devote the rest of her life to finding her way home.” And then, full body chills: “This is her odyssey.”
Did we say it already? Yell it this time. “HELL YEAH!!!”
Charlise Theron was “heartbroken” about not being recast — but she gets why
After a New York Times interview with Miller confirmed that Charlise Theron wouldn’t return as Furiosa in the Fury Road follow-up, the actor told of her “heartbreak” about the recasting in conversation with the Hollywood Reporter.
“It’s a tough one to swallow,” she said. “Yeah, it’s a little heartbreaking, for sure. I really love that character, and I’m so grateful that I had a small part in creating her. She will forever be someone I think of and reflect on fondly.” We wonder if Theron still has Furiosa’s mechanical arm prosthetic in the loft somewhere. Maybe it has pride of place on the mantelpiece?
Miller had looked at reuniting with Theron for Furiosa aided by de-ageing tech — which shaved the decades off Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, though with varied results — but felt the technology couldn’t support an entire movie-spanning effort.
“For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-ageing on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet,” Miller told the New York Times. “Despite valiant attempts on The Irishman, I think there’s still an uncanny valley. Everyone is on the verge of solving it, particularly Japanese video game designers, but there’s still a pretty wide valley, I believe.”
In a later interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Theron confirmed that there was no bad blood between her and Miller, or indeed Taylor-Joy. “One of the greatest fucking actresses is picking up something that I only imagined,” she said.
What will Furiosa be about?
It’s the first Mad Max movie not to primarily feature Max Rockatansky himself, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the original trilogy and Tom Hardy in Fury Road, instead providing backstory for the titular Furiosa.
The official synopsis reads:
More importantly, what are the chance of a flamethrower-guitar-wielding war boy turning up in this one? They’re definitely not zero.
When will Furiosa come out?
Furiosa has been officially dated for 24 May 2024 worldwide. Further, rumours abound that it’ll head to the Croisette on the southern coast of France earlier that month for a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where Fury Road bowed eight years ago.