George Miller used the same actor for two different roles in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga (2024). This is not the first time he has done this.
WITH Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga, George Miller once again takes us into the abyss of his universe born decades ago. This time he decided to private prologue of his emblematic figure (or almost) and in the center is a charismatic heroine. This choice allows the filmmaker toexplore a few observed points Mad Max: Fury Road.
IN Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga, so we meet familiar faces again, like Immortal Joe. He is still hidden in his Citadel, from which he quietly rules his empire. The most observant, however, will notice that his bodyguard welcomes a new character: Scrotus, one of the sons of Immortal Joe. Does his face mean anything to you? The actor who lends his characteristics has already been there Mad Max: Fury Roadbut in a different role.
Warning, the rest of this article contains minor spoilers Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga.
George Miller likes to give different roles to actresses and actors
IN Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga, it’s Josh Helman who lends his traits to Skrot. The actor was also mobilized by George Miller in Mad Max: Fury Road put on the costume of Slit — a War Boy close to Nux (Nicholas Hoult). The two protagonists, although they belong to the same camp (that of Immortal Joe), have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
If most viewers don’t make the connection, this role can cause consistency issues. Because we don’t see Scrotus die Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga. Would it become Slit in Mad Max: Fury Road ? No, but it does imply a gray area in his fate, while he clearly holds an important place in the eyes of Immortal Joe (he’s his son).
But we still have to remember that George Miller is used to it. He has already cast the actor for two different roles in the past. Died in December 2020 aged 73 Hugh Keays-Byrne played Immortal Joe in Mad Max: Fury Roadalthough he already played the role of the villain in the first one Mad Max from 1979.
IN Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga, the actor and the actress each have two different roles. Thus, Lacey Hulme plays both Immortan Joe and Rizzdale Pell (one of Dementus’ right-hand men), while Elsa Pataky, companion of Chris Hemsworth (who plays Dementus), appears at the very beginning of the film, inside the Green Earth, then as Dementus’s subject. George Miller really has more than one trick up his sleeve.
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