when Mad Max: Fury He went on his way in 2015, people immediately latched onto Charlize Theron's performance as Furiosa. It was instantly iconic. So it was time for director George Miller to make the next prequel film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, many wondered why not bring back Charlize? Why recast with Anya Taylor-Joy? Especially since antiaging software has become more common. Well, at one point, George Miller seriously considered doing it. Ultimately, he decided to go the traditional prequel route and recast the role with a younger performer. This is what he said Comic on the subject of Charlize Theron coming back or not:
My intention was let's do it, let's do it later [with Charlize Theron] But now we've gone through the third parent company of Warner Bros.: there are about four different regimes. That was established when we did it. furious, but the better part of a decade had passed. And then I thought, “Okay, we could still do it with Charlize.” Then I watched these other movies like the irish where they made people younger and especially I saw Gemini Man. I was looking at was the technology; I wasn't looking at performance. I thought, “We can't do that.”
In short, Miller didn't think anti-aging technology was “yet” enough to not be distracted. And we're not sure he's wrong about that. The viewer's eyes are constantly looking for flaws or giveaways in the aging digital scenes. It's often more about that than paying attention to actual performance. Although we're sad that Charlize Theron only got to play Furiosa once, Fury Road will always exist. We are sure that Anya Taylor-Joy will do for Furiosa what Ewan McGregor did for Obi-Wan Kenobi. She will create an iconic performance built around the foundation that someone else created.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga hits theaters May 24.
