Why was Charlize Theron offended? The most interesting things about the sensational blockbuster Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Kyiv hosted the premiere of one of the most anticipated films of the year, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Today, on May 23, the movie has started its journey through Ukrainian cinemas.

OBOZ.UA attended the presentation of one of the main blockbusters of the year and will tell you interesting details about the movie and its backstage.

The film was directed by George Miller, who directed the previous installments of Mad Max. The main roles in Furiosa are played by Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Charlie Fraser and Tom Burke.

In the story, we are invited to imagine what the end of the world might look like if it did not once again become the end of humanity. The film is set 45 years after the end of civilization. In one of the green paradises, a tribe of Amazons, who live by the laws of matriarchy, managed to survive and hide. Little Furiosa, a resident of this land, is kidnapped by poachers. The girl is taken to the desert, which was formed after the end of the world. Thus, conflicts between clans for the most valuable things - water, food, fuel - are constantly going on.

Furiosa falls into the possession of the cruel leader of one of the gangs, Dementus (Chris Hemsworth), the main villain of the film, who tries to find out from the child where her promised land is, where there are so many beautiful and healthy women, water and food. The girl is silent (moviegoers have counted that the heroine will have no more than 30 lines in the entire movie), and meanwhile Dementus becomes attached to her, takes her around and even thinks about raising her as his heir. However, the girl has other plans: she dreams of taking revenge on the autocrat for the suffering of her mother, who tried to save her daughter, and also of returning home.

Dementus, meanwhile, ignites conflict after conflict in the parched desert. The director takes the audience into a world of fantastic confrontations against the backdrop of incredible canyons between people, cars and mechanisms of varying complexity. "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" is a 148-minute marathon that will fly by for the audience at sprint speed. Engines roar incessantly, cars are ground into a mess in the sand in seconds. It's shot in such a driving way that you can physically feel the sand on your teeth and the desert wind through the camera lens.

In an interview with Total Film magazine, the film's producer Doug Mitchell talked about the filming of one of the biggest action scenes. It took 78 (!) shooting days to shoot the fragment, which takes about 15 minutes in the movie. More than 200 stuntmen were involved. It must be said that all the endless stunts, explosions and fights were indeed filmed with incredible dedication of those who were responsible for this side of the film.

The film's director, George Miller, seeks to show how humanity can destroy itself and what can save it and help it recover. The rulers of the cities in the world of Mad Max do not think about those for whom they have taken responsibility (in one scene, they show how unfortunate people forced to live in holes eat maggots grown on the dead bodies of fallen soldiers). The authorities are interested in only one thing: imperial greatness. Meanwhile, Furiosa becomes a symbol of hope for a brighter life.

George Miller is the author of all the post-apocalyptic action movies about Mad Max. He made his first film in 1979, about a policeman who avenges the death of his family in post-apocalyptic Australia. It starred a young and then completely unknown Mel Gibson in the title role. The debut became an international hit, grossing about $100 million at the box office. In 1981, Miller directed the sequel, Mad Max 2: Road Warrior. In 1985, the series continued with Mad Max 3: Thunderball. The fourth film, Mad Max: Fury Road, was released in 2015.

In this part, Furiosa is played by Hollywood celebrity Charlize Theron. Initially, the director publicly stated that she would work in his current film. And since the story is about the childhood and youth of the warrior Furiosa, the actress will be "rejuvenated" with the help of technology. However, George Miller later abandoned this idea. According to him, the use of computer graphics in this case does not look convincing enough. "It would definitely be Charlize Theron if Furiosa was filmed before Mad Max: Fury Road". At first I thought we could 'stop' aging. But then I watched Ang Lee's Gemini and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, where the technology of rejuvenating actors looks unconvincing," the director explained in an interview with Empire Magazine.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Charlize Theron made no secret of the fact that she was upset that she would not be returning to the role in the prequel: "I love this character and I'm grateful that I was able to play a small part in creating it. Furiosa will always be in my thoughts. Of course, I would like to see the story continue, but if George thinks he should go in a different direction, I trust him."

The main character in the movie "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" is played by Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Procession, Dune 2). This is her first work in a blockbuster of this scale. "She has an innate unwavering determination. She is a very strong-willed and serious person. She has a certain mystery about her. And in her youth she was preparing to become a ballerina. Charlize also studied ballet. They both have the precision that was needed," the director characterized the actress.

The film premiered in mid-May at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The press wrote that some moviegoers specially traveled to Cannes to see the film. The movie has already been called an "adrenaline bomb".

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