The nature of the modern movie
junket! You sit down with one of the most fascinating, primal and
talented actors of the day and you ask him about… his next movie.
Well, it’s what we, the people, want to hear. Not that many folks are
interested in Tom Hardy’s method, but they are very interested in Mad Max:
Fury Road.
Collider
and MTV both talked to Hardy and got some info from him. Collider
found out that Fury Road is, in fact, a reboot of the Mad Max films,
not a sequel or continuation or prequel. “An entire restructuring,” is how he describes it. “That’s
not to say that it’s not picking up or leaving off from the
Mad Max you know already, but it’s a nice re-take on the
entire world using the same character, depositing him in the same world
but bringing him up to date by 30 years.”
MTV found out less of interest. “I
think what you’ll find with George [Miller] at the helm is that it will
probably be much more close to the human story of the man as opposed to
something which is going to be a shocking movie without any substance.”
Back to Collider – they had Hardy
allay some fears about Fury Road being a 300-style green-screen fest. “You
can expect the same amount of grit and rawness and authenticity and
performance, I hope to deliver. But that’s really the crux of
me and George to deliver and all the other actors as the other
characters. But also we have the new world afforded to filmmakers today
with all the opportunities. I think the boys that did Lord of the Rings
are involved. That kind of stuff as well. CGI is not going to be
— I think it’s going to be much more about how you
deal with action. These things are going to be really there. Big rigs,
big explosions, big car crashes. Big violence, you know. It’s
going to actually happen as opposed to doing a 2D turned to 3D screen.
It’s going to be an adventure, let’s put it that
way. We’re shooting for a year.”
I
rewatched Bronson last night (after Inception,
where Hardy plays dream forger/impersonator Eames, my girlfriend wanted
to catch up on more of Hardy’s work), and it reminded me of just how
damn good
this guy is. He’s a major,
stunning talent, and he’s not afraid to have a little fun and to be a
little silly. I don’t know if he’s going to be able to bring that to Mad
Max, but I really like that about him.
Inception opens in a couple of weeks; in the
meantime buy and enjoy Bronson from CHUD by
clicking here.
12 comments
I know your review is embargoed, but did you like Inception?
Seriously Devin, how can you tease us like that about Inception. You could have at least said, "after the mindfuck that is Inception." Anyway, can't wait to read your thoughts on Inception as you've always seemed to be a little more stand-offish towards Nolan's work. Personally, I think he's the best director to come along since Fincher and Aronofsky. The difference is Nolan is doing his thing in a big-budget way and it's pretty damn impressive in my opinion.
"I think what you'll find with George [Miller] at the helm is that it will probably be much more close to the human story of the man as opposed to something which is going to be a shocking movie without any substance."
As if the previous Mad Max films were inhuman and without substance?
Let's take that his girlfriend wanted to catch up on one of Inception's stars as being an indicator of goodness? Wishful thinking.
@#3: I think he was probably talking about the current crop of shit. — I am a bit worried about this because they're simply not going to be able to go with the "partial decay"/Pre-Apocalypse of the first movie. It's going to be starting from the Road Warrior/Post-Apocalypse phase to get the big audience pull. He'll be the silent tough guy rolling into Oiltown with the hidden pain and a mysterious jet car. Hardy is a good bit of casting but he doesn't guarantee a good movie, only a good performance (ST: Nemesis).
Bronson is the SHIT. After that, I'll see Tom Hardy in anything.
Obviously, based on the hints Devin has dropped so far, he seriously liked Inception. Hasn't he called it Nolan's masterpiece? As for Hardy's quote, brundlefly, I also am pretty sure he was more reassuring fears as to what a new Mad Max might have been, as opposed to criticizing what has come before.
Did you and the gf watch his work from Nemesis?
Why oh why do yet another senseless remake?!?! If they want a character who is a loner in a post-apocalyptic near-future, why not just make up something new? Do the film-makers really think they can make a movie better than The Road Warrior? -If they do, they shouldn't need to use any connection to Mad Max at all, it should be able to stand on it's own. How about writing an original script that doesn't just use the same names? I'm sick of this remake/reboot idea. I will allow Batman and Superman movies to be done, but the makers need to always be asking themselves, "Does this improve on what has been done before, or is it just rehashing it with cell phones and CGI?" (I liked Batman when Tim Burton did it, I like Nolan's take on it. Just for the record.)
Can anyone in Hollywood conceive of a script that is ORIGINAL? (I know of a few, but they are the underwhelming minority).
You're a little late to the game, John. Also: George Miller.
@ 9 – John – did you know "I will allow" max mad to be remade, that is why it will be remade …
Man, this guy will not be a good road warrior. I'd rather watch Mel at 50 then this guy.
Looks like more White Thug apeal for todays dumbed down culture. The true mad Maxs were one, two and three in the 80's.
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