This was the explosive fight between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

The book ‘Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’‘, from Kyle Buchananhas gone on sale in the US, and with it the memory through the statements of the team of the tension between the two protagonists of the film, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardyand the fights they had on the set.

The filming of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road‘ is described as chaotic and wild as the film itself. In the words of Kelly Marcelscreenwriter and friend of Hardy, “I don’t know anyone who hasn’t lost their temper on that set., including me. It was tense and hectic, and we had this overwhelming pressure the whole time that we were going to be cancelled. You had a studio in Los Angeles that didn’t understand what was being done, and the people who were there on the ground couldn’t really tell them what was being done either.”

“The animosity between Hardy and Theron seemed to start as early as pre-production,” according to assistant director P. J. Voetenuntil “Suddenly one day everyone was yelling at each other in front of us.”

Director George Miller thinks he knows why: “The story is about self-preservation: if it is to your advantage to kill another character then you should do it and don’t think twice. I think that crept into the actors.”

The situation was escalating, and Hardy and Theron’s co-stars were stunned at the show. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley states that “It was very interesting sitting in a truck for four months with Tom and Charlize, who have completely different approaches to their craft.”, while Nicholas Hoult goes further: “Sometimes there was a tense atmosphere. It was like you were on your summer vacation and the adults in the front of the car were arguing.”

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Charlize Theron He remembers those moments and takes his share of the blame: “You’re right, they were like two parents in the front of the car. We were fighting or we were ignoring each other, I don’t know which is worse, and they had to deal with it from behind. It was horrible! We shouldn’t have done that; we should have been better. I can recognize it. Because of my own fear, we were putting up walls to protect ourselves instead of saying, ‘Damn, this scares you and it scares me too. Let’s be kind to each other‘. We were operating in a strange way, like our characters: it was all about survival.”

Finally the day came when Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy exploded and they came to blows. Mark Goellnichta camera operator, remembers it this way: “I vividly remember the day. The set call was at eight o’clock. Charlize arrived right at eight o’clock, sat on the War Rig, knowing that Tom was not He was going to be punctual even though they insisted that he be on time. Tom didn’t show up.“

Goellnicht continues: “It’s nine o’clock, and Tom’s still gone. ‘Charlize, do you want to get out of the War Rig and walk, or do you want to…?’ ‘No, I’m staying here.’ She didn’t go to the bathroom, she didn’t do anything. She just sat on the War Rig.” And a couple of hours later… “Eleven o’clock. Charlize is still sitting on the War Rig, with the makeup and the suit after three hours. Tom appears walking calmly through the desert. She jumps out of the truck and starts yelling at him: ‘Fine this fucking idiot $100,000 for every minute he’s insulted this team. You are disrespectful!’. Tom turns around, faces her. ‘What did you say?‘. It was quite an aggressive encounter, to the point that she felt threatened and after finishing the fight asked for protection.”

Warner’s team assigned the veteran producer Denise DiNovi the task of traveling to Namibia to try to mediate between the two stars, which caused further tension on set as Doug Mitchell, producer, did not allow Denise’s presence on set to protect director George Miller’s artistic vision. “Denise was in the production office and we were talking, but on set she felt alone and naked,” says Charlize Theron. Miller, for his part, regrets the decision. “There are things that disappoint me about the process. Looking back, if I had to do it over again, I’d probably be more conscientious.”

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The filming progressed and, in its final part, looks like things have smoothed out (finally) among the cast. Tom Hardy reflects: “In hindsight, the pressure on both of them was overwhelming at times. What she needed was a better, perhaps more experienced, partner in me. That is something that cannot be faked. I’d like to think that now that I’m older and uglier, and that I could live up to it.”

Goellnitch remembers the day the waters receded: “That scene where you see Tom with Charlize on the bike and all the Vuvalini and the wives behind them hugging each other, that scene was probably the biggest change from seeing Tom really does go soft on Charlize in real life. We weren’t prepared for the way he did it, and then I walked away and Charlize was walking backwards, and I said: ‘Wow, Charlize, that was amazing. Has the switch been turned off? It has been great.’ She was also quite surprised. The day we shot that, she gave me goosebumps. I really felt that change in her mood. Just because of the way they talked to each other when they were off camera, I said, ‘What the hell? What drug have they taken?‘ They were very civilized and nice. He was a different person in the end, much easier to get along with, much more cooperative, more compassionate. He’s such a methodical actor that I think he took the arc literally.”

Chris O’Harasecond assistant director, settles the issue thus: “People have written a lot of bad things about Tom and Charlize’s relationship. It was just two people trying to do the best job they could.”

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