Anya Taylor-Joyshared a cryptic description of what it was like filmingFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga,citing grueling loneliness and unexpected challenges while emphasizing her desire for growth and transformation.
In an interview withThe New York Timespublished on Sunday (May 12), the 28-year-old actress said of her experience shooting for the newest film in George Miller’s long-running action seriesMad Max: “I’ve never been more alone than making that movie.
“I don’t want to go too deep into it, but everything that I thought was going to be easy was hard.”
When asked what exactly it was aboutFuriosathat had proved more difficult than she expected, Anya responded: “Next question, sorry.
“Talk to me in 20 years.”
Anya Taylor-Joy cryptically described the challenges of filmingFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
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Themoviewas shot in Australia and required the Argentinian starlet and her co-stars to inhabit a very intense space for long periods of time with little reprieve,The Timesreported.
Chris Hemsworth, who played Dr. Dementusin the upcoming movie, told the publication: “What you’re being asked to dig into and display emotionally is exhausting.”
The 40-year-old actor reportedly praisedAnyafor rising to the challenge, noting: “I found what she did inspiring because she was there every single day for months on end and was as fiercely protective of the character as you’d want.”
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“I wanted to be put in a situation in extremis where I would have no choice but to grow. And I got it.”
Anya expressed intense loneliness and unexpected difficulties while alluding to personal growth
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Nevertheless, the post-apocalyptic action film ended up grossing $380.4 million at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossingMad Maxfilm.
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Moreover, the film won six Oscars at the 88thAcademy Awards, in addition to several other accolades.
The highly anticipatedFuriosiafeatures Anya as the younger version of Charlize’s iconic warrior woman.
Furiosa faces constant danger on both sides, and she strives to survive long enough to escape, keen to exact revenge on those who have taken everything from her.
“I wanted to be put in a situation in extremis where I would have no choice but to grow. And I got it,” Anya said
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To make Furiosa her own,The Queen’s Gambitstar allowed herself to be put through an emotional and physical wringer for six and a half months, in which she recalled: “Like I knew I was going to need the two years that it took for the movie to come out to deal with it.”
The film’s pivotal action scene, a daring raid on the War Rig where Furiosa is concealed, comprises 197 shots spanning the entire production period, featuring Anya in intense sequences of climbing, driving, ducking, fighting, and being silent.
“But he had a very, very strict idea of what Furiosa’s war face looked like, and that only allowed me my eyes for a large portion of the movie.
“It was very much ‘mouth closed, no emotion, speak with your eyes.’
“That’s it, that’s all you have.”
Charlize Theron previously disclosed challenges during the production ofMad Max: Fury Road
The Florida native admitted that she doubted her ability to watch the movie, highlighting the difficulty of watching an early, black-and-white cut before all the special effects had been added: “Two minutes in and I’m sobbing.”
When asked what had set her off, Anya replied: “I adored a person that I could not protect.
“There were forces greater than me.”
Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagawill be out in theaters on May 24.
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