P. J. Voeten from Mad Max: Furiosa | PopCultureQuotes.com

George [Miller] saw Chris [Hemsworth] initially as a courtesy and then fell in love with the idea. He's going to play totally against type, the lead baddie. Unfortunately, we've got to find all of our other characters that aren't around anymore: a new Immortan, a new Bullet Farmer, and a few others.

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By: P. J. Voeten
From: Mad Max: Furiosa
Genres: Action | Science Fiction | Thrillers

Context:
Mad Max: Fury Road producer and first assistant director, P. J. Voeten on filmmaker George Miller's decision to cast Chris Hemsworth - famous for playing the Marvel character Thor - as the main bad guy in Furiosa.

Mad Max: Furiosa (2024) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | May 24, 2024

Furiosa tells the origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before she teamed up with Mad Max in the 2015 action thriller Fury Road. George Miller returns to the director’s chair for Furiosa, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa, along with Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Angus Sampson, Nathan Jones, Daniel Webber, Goran D. Kleut, Lachy Hulme, ….