Mark Goellnicht: That scene where you see Tom with Charlize on the bike and all the Vuvalini and the Wives behind, intermingled-that scene was probably the biggest change in seeing Tom really soften to Charlize in real life. It was a little bit like walking on thin ice. I think he didn’t want any interference, and there were several weeks on that movie where I wouldn’t know what was going to come my way, and that’s not necessarily a nice thing to feel when you’re on your job. That’s where we could have done better, if George trusted that nobody was going to come and fuck with his vision but was just going to come and help mediate situations. You understand the needs of a director who wants to protect his set, but when push comes to shove and things get out of hand, you have to be able to think about that in a bigger sense. He was never going to allow anybody to interrupt this world, no matter how fraught the world was.Ĭharlize Theron: Looking back on where we are in the world now, given what happened between me and Tom, it would have been smart for us to bring a female producer in. And you can send your producer, you can do whatever you want, but if you’ve got Doug standing there, there’s absolutely no point unless he wants you there. He’s a bulldog, he’s going to protect George no matter what, at all costs. Kelly Marcel: Doug wouldn’t let Denise actually be on the set. But when I was on set, I still felt pretty naked and alone. It’s so loud, it’s so windy-he might’ve heard some of it, but he charged up to her up and went, “What did you say to me?”Ĭharlize Theron: She was parked in the production office, and she was checking in with me and we would talk. She jumps out of the War Rig, and she starts swearing her head off at him, saying, “Fine the fucking cunt a hundred thousand dollars for every minute that he’s held up this crew,” and “How disrespectful you are!” She was right. Tom turns up, and he walks casually across the desert. She’s now in the War Rig, sitting there with her makeup on and a full costume for three hours. Natascha Hopkins (stunt double, Fury Road ): She was a new mom, and she just wanted to get to set, work, and take care of her kid. She didn’t go to the bathroom, didn’t do anything. ” “No, I’m going to stay here.” She was really going to make a point. “Charlize, do you want to get out of the War Rig and walk around, or do you want to. Mark Goellnicht: Gets to nine o’clock, still no Tom. If you ask me, he kind of knew that it was really pissing Charlize off, because she’s professional and she turns up really early. Ricky Schamburg: Whether that was some kind of power play or not, I don’t know, but it felt deliberately provocative. If the call time was in the morning, forget it-he didn’t show up. He was notorious for never being on time in the morning. Charlize got there right at eight o’clock, sat in the War Rig, knowing that Tom’s never going to be there at eight even though they made a special request for him to be there on time. Mark Goellnicht: I remember vividly the day. You’re like, Come on, it’s midnight and we want to go home.Įventually, veteran producer Denise Di Novi was dispatched to Namibia to mediate the conflict between the film’s two stars.Ĭharlize Theron: I don’t want to rehash things, but it came out of a really bad moment where things kind of came to blows between me and Tom. 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. Which, weirdly, is why the film works: It’s all pouring out on the screen. 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. Mad Max: Fury Road was a critical and commercial triumph, grossing nearly $375 million worldwide and earning 10 Oscar nominations (with six wins).
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