“We thought ‘It’s unnecessary’. But the idea was there”: One of the Craziest Furiosa Scenes Almost Made it Into Charlize Theron’s Fury Road Before Getting Scrapped

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TheMad Maxsaga has shaped the modern world, for better or for worse, and one can hardly complain about the domination of the ultra-violent, hyper-aggressive, and sadistic system that guides the franchise. With Anya Taylor-JoyʼsFuriosanow on the way, there is nothing to salvage in the Wasteland, other than perhaps the lingering love and joy of the audience for the franchise.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy inFury Road(2015) [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagafurthers the legacy of Charlize Theronʼs Imperator – a character arc that dominated the storyline of George Millerʼs comeback saga,Mad Max: Fury Road. Despite the long journey from Mel Gibsonʼs post-apocalyptic debut in 1979, the franchise still holds the same mystic fascination 45 years later asFury Roadtraces its path back to spawn a prequel to the 2015 film.

Mad MaxFinds a Worthy Successor in Anya Taylor-Joy

In 2015, the dull modern cinematic landscape was defibrillated into a state of awareness afterTom Hardyunleashed chaos onto the screens with hisMad Maxsaga. With a troubled production that rivals even the most horrifying behind-the-scene stories,Fury Roadwent on to stand out in the festival circuit and later became an Oscar contender, taking home six out of the ten nominations.

Mad Max: Fury Road(2015) [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]Almost a decade later,Fury Road– which served as a glorious comeback forGeorge Millerand a successful expansion of hisMad Maxfranchise – finds a prequel to the film by diving into the past of Imperator Furiosa. StarringAnya Taylor-Joyas the titular character andChris Hemsworthin a never-before-seen role as the villainous warlord Dr. Dementus who, if Hemsworth is to be believed, is a“pretty horrible individual”[viaEmpire].

Chris Hemsworth’s Painful Transformation For Furiosa Makes His Fat Thor Transformation For Avengers: Endgame Look Like a Walk in the Park

With an 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and promising early reviews, the critically favorite spin-off of theMad Maxfilms does find a worthy successor in Anya Taylor-Joy as she singlehandedly takes on the screaming Biker Horde in an attempt to protect the one thing she loves.

FuriosaIncludes a Detail That Couldnʼt Make it toFury Road

Chris Hemsworth as Dementus inFuriosa[Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]Reminiscing about the days of filmingFury Road, George Miller lets spill a variety of secrets that make the production ofFuriosathat much more interesting. Speaking about the unbelievable chase sequence and the absurdly eccentric plot of the Tom Hardy film, the director claimed during aninterview with /Film:

In ‘Fury Road’, we had a scene at night where there was somebody — there was a scene, a very brief scene, where someone was seen flying around on some sort of parasail sailing thing. It was storyboarded. But when we came to shooting it, or even long before we were going to shoot it, we thought, ‘It’s unnecessary.’ But the idea was there.

Anya Taylor-Joy inFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga[Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]Anya Taylor-Joy who most evidently cashes in on the prequel arc toFuriosa, then finds the idea that couldnʼt find a place inFury Roadtaking shape in her film. Miller further recalls how the franchiseʼs long time stuntman, Guy Norris, came up with the devious stunt:

I remember he said, as we were devising the sequence, he said, ‘How about we go back to these flying people in the air so we’re not only shooting underneath the war rig, or inside the cabin of the war rig, or on top of it or the back of it, but let’s have it attack from above, rather than the Pole Cats.’ So that’s how we started on that sequence.

“I’m still reeling at how films like his exist”: Chris Hemsworth Will Start Beating His Chest in Pride With One Award-winning Director’s Review of Furiosa

Fortunately,Fury Roadscrapped the idea which makes the film less cluttered among its already high-octane, adrenaline-pumping mechanically devious plot. On the other hand, the scene that manifests in Anya Taylor-JoyʼsFuriosagives the film an extra punch and a sense of looming and maddening danger to the plot.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagapremieres worldwide on 09 June 2025.

Diya Majumdar

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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.

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