George Miller Shares Details About the "History Man" Character in FURIOSA
A new trailer recently dropped for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and it got fans super pumped about watching this next film in the epically insane action franchise. One thing that I’m sure you all noticed in that trailer was a narration that tells Furiosa’s story and her journey to return home.
It turns out that the narrator is actually a character in the franchise, and he’s known as the “History Man.” It’s explained by George Miller that due to the film taking place over multiple decades, one of the only ways to retain and spread information in the world is through History People who collect information about pertinent figures and events.
Miller shared with Entertainment Weekly: "That's a narrator called the History Man. In this story, we meet the History Man, and because it's a saga -- Fury Road happened over three days and two nights; this movie happens over basically 16 years from when she's 10 to 26, it goes on a little further when she becomes 28, but it's basically over those 16 years -- and we meet this character, and he is integral to the story. So, he's the narrator."
Miller also said that these History People are "the only way that the culture or information is retained or shared.” It’ll be interesting to see how this History Man ends up being incorporated into the story.
The director previously talked about the story, saying: "The story is the saga of Furiosa, and how she gets taken from home, and spends the rest of her life trying to get back. [In] Fury Road, the story unfolds over three days and two nights. This film follows the story that runs directly into Fury Road, for 15 years."
He continued, saying: "It's a different animal ... It's got many different locations. It's an odyssey. No question."
In the film, "As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home."
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is scheduled to hit theaters on May 24, 2024.