On the side of the “Bronze” (police), Miller cast the New Zealand-born actor Jonathan Hardy as the nerdy, eccentric police commissioner Labatouche.Īs the police chief Fifi Macaffee was Roger Ward, whose career playing criminals, thugs and cops stretched back to the ’60s. Johnny was played by Tim Burns, who had played a teenager in the TV series Glenview High and had the cheeky, boyish looks Miller needed.Īfter Johnny’s fiery death in the finale of the film Burns had a role in the TV series Patrol Boat and in several Australian films but has mostly focused on stage work with a local Sydney theatre group. One of the most memorable scenes in the original Mad Max film is when Max leaves Johnny the Boy chained to a car wreck that is about to explode. This comes to us courtesy of Indiewire.Mel Gibson in a scene with Tim Burns as Johnny The Boy. Miller is currently in production on the fantastical romance Three Thousand Years of Longing starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, with Furiosa set to be his next project. At present, it has not been confirmed who either Abdul-Mateen or Hemsworth will be playing, however, a casting description leak claims that the latter will star as a character named Dementus, who is described as a man in his 30s-40s, is "breathtakingly handsome", and possesses "an angel's face, scarred by a deep forehead wounded stitched together with shiny chrome staples."Ĭurrently, there is no word on when production will begin on Furiosa and Warner Bros. It has to be something different because it just can't be done."Īlong for the ride are Watchmen star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Thor's Chris Hemsworth both of whom were recently confirmed to be joining Anya Taylor-Joy in the post-apocalyptic prequel. "She did such an incredible job and it was so beautiful and I can't even think about trying to step. "I fell in love with Furiosa, the way that Charlize presented her," Taylor-Joy added. "The level of commitment that has been shown before me, I endeavor to match that, and that makes me really excited." "The first thing that went through my head when I found out I was going to do it was,' I am so excited to work so hard,' " Taylor-Joy shared recently. George Miller is returning to co-write, direct and produce the project alongside his long-time Oscar-nominated producing partner Doug Mitchell.Īnya Taylor-Joy has been cast in the role of the younger version of Furiosa, taking over from Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron. The ruler of the wasteland, the antagonist's large stature and skeleton-smile mask cut a terrifying figure, and while the plot details of Furiosa remain scarce, it's likely that the character will show up in some form in the prequel, giving Miller the perfect opportunity to honor the dearly departed Hugh Keays-Byrne and pay tribute to his Mad Max legacy.įuriosa will follow the titular rebel warrior, with the prequel will exploring the origin of the character long before she became the inspiring operator of Immortan Joe's War Rig and joined forces with Tom Hardy's Mad Max Rockatansky. Though not many will remember Toecutter, the leader of the nefarious Nightrider motorbike gang in the original Mad Max, Immortan Joe made a huge impression on audiences back in 2015.
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