Star Chris Hemsworth says it was “bonkers and crazy and wild and fun” making the fifth Mad Max film.
The War Boys are back in town.an Australian-made prequel with a reputed budget of more than $400 million, on the eve of the local premiere.While the Cannes Film Festival is claiming its out-of-competition screening later this month is the world premiere, Miller and stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth are giving Sydney another moment in the international cinema spotlight by getting in first.“I’m not sure what the exact figures are,” Miller said.
The fifth film in the seminal action series has Furiosa trying to find her way home after being snatched by a biker horde led by the warlord Dementus, played by Hemsworth. The cast includes Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson and Charlee Fraser., we had to write Furiosa’s story and Max’s story beforehand so that everyone knew what the story was like,” he said.
Taylor-Joy, who had to do some of the driving of a souped-up vehicle that fires harpoons in the film, did not even have a driver’s licence when she auditioned over Zoom. During extensive work with personal, stunt, action and fight trainers, she learnt how to do wheelies on motorbikes and 180-degree turns.
The toughest part of the shoot was a chase scene that had 52 characters and 200 stunt performers, and goes for 15 minutes on screen. “That was shot over 78 days,” Taylor-Joy said. “By the end of it, we were like, ‘oh my God, it’s over! We did it!’ It was really a mammoth undertaking, but I’m so proud of it.”“They never taught me to,” Taylor-Joy said. “They only taught me to do ridiculous stunts in the car.”
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