![]() Tom Clapham (production runner, Fury Road) : Tom was more in his trailer a lot of the time and would come out for the takes-and sometimes not on time, either. Matt Taylor (stunt driver, Fury Road ): And when you’ve got someone like Tom who’s a larrikin and is late and very Method in his performances, just in sheer personality, there was always going to be a clash. Sometimes I would just call her and say, “We’re going to be ready in an hour,” and I knew she would always get in the car, get her makeup on, and get on set. Samantha McGrady (key second assistant director, Fury Road) : Charlize is the easiest person to deal with in terms of, Okay, we’re ready. Mark Goellnicht (camera operator, Fury Road ): Between Tom and Charlize, it was literally the most contrast I’ve ever seen between two actors. Let’s be nice to each other.” We were functioning, in a weird way, like our characters: Everything was about survival. Which, weirdly, is why the film works: It’s all pouring out on the screen.Ĭharlize Theron: Because of my own fear, we were putting up walls to protect ourselves instead of saying to each other, “Fuck, this is scary for you and it’s scary for me, too. They’re both powerhouses, but in their very different ways of working. Charlize is cerebral and very consistent in the way that she approaches a character. Kelly Marcel (screenwriter and friend of Tom Hardy): Tom is very physical and all over the place and would try very different things. ![]() ![]() Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (“The Splendid Angharad”): It was very interesting to sit in a truck for four months with Tom and Charlize, who have completely different approaches to their craft. In the exclusive excerpt below, the film’s cast and crew recall one of Fury Road’ s biggest hurdles: the bad blood between stars Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy. But its path to the big screen was torturous and winding, as Kyle Buchanan shows in his oral history Blood, Sweat and Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, out Tuesday. I’d like to think that now that I’m older and uglier, I could rise to that occasion.Mad Max: Fury Road was a critical and commercial triumph, grossing nearly $375 million worldwide and earning 10 Oscar nominations (with six wins). What she needed was a better, perhaps more experienced, partner in me. The pressure on both of us was overwhelming at times. “I think in hindsight, I was in over my head in many ways. Fury Road nabbed $374 million worldwide and was nominated for 10 Oscars, so it seems like everyone got over their beef fairly quickly. Hardy, who can now be seen in yet another batshit role, was just as remorseful, even admitting that he recognized the true genius of what Miller created long after the cameras stopped. Let’s be nice to each other.’ In a weird way, we were functioning like our characters: Everything was about survival.” “That is frightening! And I think because of my own fear, we were putting up walls to protect ourselves instead of saying to each other, ‘This is scary for you, and it’s scary for me, too. “In retrospect, I didn’t have enough empathy to really, truly understand what must have felt like to step into Mel Gibson’s shoes,” Theron said. (It probably didn’t help that the set was apparently freezing cold, either-they shot the movie during the winter). It’s worth noting that most of the oral history lays off the specifics, and Theron and Hardy seem apologetic and regretful, with over five years having passed since they filmed Fury Road.
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