Furiosa will be “a different animal from Fury Road”, taking place over 15 years
George Miller says more about his “odyssey” now carried by Anya Taylor-Joy.
Furiosa will be on the cover of the next issue ofEmpireso to wait until its publication, the British magazine team delivers the first extracts from the joint interview with George Millerits director, accompanied by its main actress Anya Taylor-Joy.
After the slap of Fury Road, which amazed all action fans in 2015, Warner Bros. presents this prequel dedicated to the heroine – then embodied by Charlize Theron– as being in the same vein as this one. This is what suggests his first teaser, In any case. But the filmmaker still explains that his new baby will be a little different from the breathtaking race of Tom Hardy and the girls trying to escape Immortan Joe (Hugh Keas-Byrne, recently deceased).
“This story is the saga of Furiosa, it will tell the story of how she was taken from her home, and how she will spend the rest of her life trying to get back home. Fury Road, the entire plot took place in three days and two nights. There, this film rushes in the direction of Fury Road, but over fifteen years. It’s a different animal, we move to lots of places. It's an odyssey. There’s no questioning that.”
Furiosa is now played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who, although she has not yet met her model, claims to have had the approval of Charlize Theron before signing.
“She was so classy, she was kind enough to let me know I could go, she says. I felt so lucky reading this script. I felt like I knew this person. I immediately felt that I had a duty to protect Furiosa and defend her interests.”
The young actress also says she was very excited about the idea of shaving her head to succeed Charlize, whose Furiosa is bald: “I really wanted to shave my head. But when George met me in real life, he said, 'No, we can't do that.'
Charlize Theron hopes Furiosa will be a role model for viewers like Ripley was for her
Furiosa will not only be a woman's story, since as in Fury Road, there will also be warlords and young men expendable at the wheels of racing cars launched at full speed. We know that Chris Hemsworth will play a certain Dementus, a shaggy character seen in the teaser, and that Tom Burke will also play a fighter, Praetorian Jack. Not to mention that Immortan Joe must appear in a younger version.
“I won't tell you more (about Max's return to himself, editor's note), however, concludes Miller. As I always say: Max is there, somewhere in the landscape.”
Furiosa is expected in theaters on May 22. Day of his presentation at the Cannes Film Festival ?
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