While George Miller’s 2015 action-adventure flick Mad Max: Fury Road is considered by many to be the best action flick of the past two decades, the process of making the film was even more action-packed than it appeared. on the screen. The cast and crew of the film have spoken extensively about the difficulties of filming in the middle of the desert. In an interview with Metro, Dayna Grant, who was Charlize Theron’s double in the role of Imperator Furiosa alongside Max Rockatansky’s Tom Hardy character, revealed that hostility between the two main stars was evident from the start.
“We knew from the beginning. We knew from the beginning what was happening when we were doing the choreography for the fight … there was tension then. So they told us what was happening. And they just told us to try to make it work as much as possible, what which was a challenge, because usually they are all in a big group and working together while we were apart. “
Since the entire movie was built around Max and Furiosa, going from being enemies to friends over the course of a turbulent desert ride, many of the action scenes needed Theron and Tom hardy cooperate, or at least be in the same space, and according to Grant, that often ended without happening.
“It was really difficult. It was difficult because obviously I had to spend time with both of them and they both didn’t want to be together. I had to do everything with [Tom] Usually Charlize would come in and do scenes together, but they didn’t want to do scenes together, so they put me in her place to always be with Tom. Tom’s double always got on Charlize, so we actually worked with opposite characters. “
Since the film came out and became such a hit, the cast seems to have developed a greater appreciation for the tough experience they had in making the film, and Charlize Theron She has stated in the past that she now has a more comprehensive view of the pressure on Hardy when she was working on the project alongside her.
“I didn’t have enough empathy to really understand what it must have been like to put on Mel Gibson’s shoes. That’s scary! And I think because of my own fear, we were putting up walls to protect ourselves rather than saying to each other,” This is scary for you, and it’s scary for me, too. Let’s be nice to each other. “In a strange way, we were functioning as our characters: it was all about survival.”
For his part, Hardy has also admitted that he didn’t do enough to live up to being the co-star of Theron on the sets of Mad Max: Fury Roadand he hopes that future projects of a similar nature will find him better prepared to deal with the pressure.
“I think in retrospect it was in my head in so many ways. The pressure on both of us was overwhelming at times. What she needed was a better, perhaps more experienced, companion in me. That is something that cannot be faked.” I’d like to think that now that I’m older and uglier, I could live up to that occasion. “
This news was first reported by Metro.co.uk.
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