The prequel film Furiosa is next on the docket, with Anya Taylor-Joy playing the title role, and hopefully this pandemic isn't just the first of another long string of catastrophes that delays Miller's vision hitting the big screen. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne. In the end, filming took place in 2012 with Hardy and Theron in the lead roles, and while it's certainly fun to imagine how it might've looked with Pitt and Jolie sharing the screen, fans can hardly regret the way things turned out. Mad Max: Fury Road: Directed by George Miller. It is also very much indicative of how long Fury Roadspent in development hell - after having been conceived in the 1980s and '90s, plans to finally shoot it in 2001 ended up derailed by 9/11, with a subsequent attempt disrupted by the start of the Iraq War. The alternate casting, particularly in that era of their respective careers, should be a tantalizing one for fans. This, of course, would have been a few years before the two actors became Hollywood's biggest power-couple, with 2001 seeing the release of Pitt's Ocean 's Eleven and Jolie's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Check out the original post below:īased on what James Nicholas, Miller's former Executive Assistant, states, Pitt was being considered for the role of Max himself, while Jolie almost certainly would have been in the running for Furiosa. Unsure that Gibson was willing to reprise his role, Miller at one point pushed for two of Hollywood's biggest names: Pitt and Jolie. In one passage the writer shares on Twitter, a number of people involved in the pre-production recall an early casting discussion held in 2001, just after the storyboards had been completed. Miller's film had quite a long journey from page to screen, however, which Kyle Buchanan recounts in his upcoming book, Blood, Sweat, and Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.
Related: Mad Max 5 With Tom Hardy Is Feeling Even Less Likely Now The impeccable craftwork and stunning action led to Fury Road's inclusion on many a Best-of-the-2010s list, with several critics dubbing it one of the greatest action movies ever made. Furiosa, a high-ranking officer in Joe's army, flees suddenly in an armored truck, while Max, who had been captured by the cult, determines to tag along and help their cause.
Though the movie is relatively light on plot, Mad Max: Fury Road sees series protagonist Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) inadvertently caught up in Imperator Furiosa's (Charlize Theron) plan to help a group of women escape from the cult leader Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). Fury Road revisited the vehicular dystopia three decades after its predecessor was released, hitting theaters in 2015 to rave reviews from critics. The film from Australian director George Miller is the fourth in the Mad Max franchise, which began with the surprise success of the low-budget 1979 original and paved the way for lead actor Mel Gibson's subsequent stardom. November 2nd, 2014.Įxtra on 'Peter Allen: Not The Boy Nextdoor' (6th March, 20.Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were at one point considered for roles in Mad Max: Fury Road. 28th, 2014).Įxtra on Korean bank card commercial (BC Card). 2013)Įxtra on American film 'Truth' (with Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford). Series (2nd series, Episode 7, filmed )įilm extra on Mad Max: Fury Road - 2 roles: as a 'Wretch', and as a 'Treadmill Rat'. Role of School Chaplain in 'Puberty Blues' T.V. Some extras work, including in the large opera extravaganza 'Aida' (1988).
2 years with a semi-professional troupe (the 'London Players') in London area (1973-74). Plot Deets and Full Cast List for ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ 08-14-12 Film Posted by itadmin Because you can’t work on a project like Mad Max: Fury Road for going on two months and have no new details released about it, we get some new information as to what the movie’s about, and who all is in it, courtesy of Kennedy Miller Mitchell.
2 years training under distinguished English film and stage actor Tony Wager (1971-72). Born in Sydney, of Anglo-French ancestry.
Stephen Gouriet Ryan is a sixty-two year old professional writer (with a reputation for True Crime scholarly work in particular), an artist and an actor, and a former, long-time Commercial Photographer. Stephen Gouriet Ryan is an Australian actor who played as one of the Wretched and a Treadmill Rat in Mad Max: Fury Road. Stephen Gouriet Ryan as one of The Wretched