George Miller's MAD MAX Prequel FURIOSA Casts Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, Furiosa, is moving forward, and the main cast has been officially announced. Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, Glass), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) are set to star in the film.
Taylor-Joy will be playing a younger version of Furiosa in the film, and I think she’s a great choice! I’m excited to see her in the role. As for Hemsworth, it’s rumored that he will be playing a character named Dementus, who is described as being "breathtakingly handsome. An angel’s face, scarred by a deep forehead wound stitched together with shiny chrome staples.” There’s no word on who Abdul-Mateen II will be playing.
Miller will direct, co-write and produce Furiosa, along with his longtime producing partner Doug Mitchell. The film will be produced by Miller’s Australian-based production company Kennedy Miller Mitchell, together with Warner Bros. Pictures.
When previously talking about Furiosa, Miller talked about wanting to explore the backstory of the character:
"Yeah, she’s a pretty compelling character so it would be great to tell her story. Her backstory is really interesting. We only allude to it in this movie because this movie is on the run; people don’t have much time for recreational talk. But you pick up, you have a sense of her having gone through stuff. That’s what the film is trying to do. You’re trying to put a lot of iceberg under the tip, I like saying. One of the things that’s really gratifying, people are reading the film more than just the surface — the events of the movie, and just picking up a lot of stuff underneath it, which is very deliberate......So in many ways, the audience is picking up a lot about Furiosa — or enough to intrigue. And she’s got an interesting story."
Miller is expected to start production on the Furiosa film as soon as he's done filming his current project, Three Thousand Years of Longing. He hopes that will be in 2021. With the main cast locked down, he’s definitely on his way to making that happen.
What are your thoughts on this casting?
Source: Variety