Mad Max Prequel Set Photos Give First Look At Young Furiosa
Anya Taylor-Joy is a young Furiosa in photos from the set of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel. 2015’s Fury Road brought back Mad Max in memorable fashion after a 30-year hiatus. But most agreed the movie’s real star was not Tom Hardy’s Max himself, it was Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa.
Fans of the Mad Max universe thankfully won’t have to wait another 30 years to revisit the post-apocalyptic desert wastelands of Miller’s imagination. Indeed the director is already at work on a prequel film, which among other things explores the origins of Fury Road’s War Rig-driving Furiosa. But Theron in fact won’t be back in the role she made famous in Fury Road. Instead, The Queen’s Gambit star Taylor-Joy will take on the task of playing a younger version of Theron’s iconic warrior character.
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Mad Max fans have already been treated to a few stolen glimpses of the Furiosa set, including a look at a red-bearded Chris Hemsworth as one of the movie’s villains. Now there are finally some images of Taylor-Joy herself taking on the role of Furiosa. The images can be seen at The Daily Mail and in the tweet in the space below:
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Theron famously sported a buzz-cut when she played Furiosa in Fury Road, but the younger Furiosa still has long locks as can be seen in the above photos. This is an interesting detail, as Taylor-Joy at one point expressed a desire to shave her head for her role in Furiosa, but was reportedly told not to by Miller. Taylor-Joy can also be seen in the new photos wearing a green CGI arm sleeve, indicating that at the
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