Charlize Theron And Tom Hardy Open Up About Their Fight On 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy have opened up about their fight while shooting action classic Mad Max: Fury Road, which they say was partly fuelled by the challenging production
Charlize
Theron
and
Tom
Hardy
have
opened
up
about
their
fight
while
shooting
action
classic
Mad
Max:
Fury
Road,
which
they
say
was
partly
fuelled
by
the
challenging
production
in
Namibian
desert
and
their
inability
to
understand
director
George
Miller's
vision.
In
The
New
York
Times'
oral
history
of
the
2015
movie,
the
cast
and
crew
revealed
details
about
what
went
on
behind-the-scenes
of
the
movie.
Theron
told
the
newspaper
that
they
were
functioning
like
their
characters
in
the
post-apocalyptic
thriller
where
everything
was
about
survival.
"In
retrospect,
I
didn't
have
enough
empathy
to
really,
truly
understand
what
he
must
have
felt
like
to
step
into
Mel
Gibson's
shoes.
That
is
frightening!
And
I
think
because
of
my
own
fear,
we
were
putting
up
walls
to
protect
ourselves
instead
of
saying
to
each
other,
This
is
scary
for
you,
and
it's
scary
for
me,
too.
Let's
be
nice
to
each
other.'
In
a
weird
way,
we
were
functioning
like
our
characters:
Everything
was
about
survival,
she
said.
The
actor
said
the
entire
production
was
driven
by
fear.
"I
was
incredibly
scared,
because
I'd
never
done
anything
like
it.
I
think
the
hardest
thing
between
me
and
George
is
that
he
had
the
movie
in
his
head
and
I
was
so
desperate
to
understand
it,
she
added.
Hardy
told
The
Times
that
he
agreed
with
Theron
and
the
pressure
on
both
of
them
was
"overwhelming
at
times.
I
think
in
hindsight,
I
was
in
over
my
head
in
many
ways.
The
pressure
on
both
of
us
was
overwhelming
at
times.
What
she
needed
was
a
better,
perhaps
more
experienced,
partner
in
me.
That's
something
that
can't
be
faked.
I'd
like
to
think
that
now
that
I'm
older
and
uglier,
I
could
rise
to
that
occasion,
he
said.
Rosie
Huntington-Whiteley,
who
starred
in
Fury
Road
as
one
of
Immortan
Joe's
wives,
said
Theron
and
Hardy's
personalities
clashed
on
set
because
they
have
completely
different
approaches
to
their
craft.
Zoe
Kravitz,
however,
said
seeing
Hardy
clash
with
the
director
was
a
"bummer".
She
said
she
observed
both
actors
having
moments
of
anger,
but
that
it
was
Hardy
who
really
took
it
out
on
George
the
most,
and
that
was
a
bummer
to
see.
In
some
ways,
you
also
can't
blame
him,
because
a
lot
was
being
asked
of
these
actors
and
there
were
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions," she
added.
Like
actors,
the
production
and
the
tension
on
the
set
took
a
toll
on
Miller.
Fury
Road
editor
Margaret
Sixel,
who
is
also
Miller's
wife,
said,
I
was
worried
about
George.
You
wouldn't
even
know
the
half
of
it,
let
me
tell
you.
You
should
have
seen
him
by
the
end
of
the
shoot,
he
was
so
thin.
Miller,
who
pulled
the
movie
out
from
a
development
hell
of
over
a
decade
while
dealing
with
the
challenges
of
shooting
the
film
in
a
rough
terrain
without
the
help
of
a
green
screen
while
also
dealing
with
the
studio
politics,
admitted
that
he
should
have
probably
given
more
attention
to
the
process
of
the
actors.
Hardy
had
famously
apologised
to
the
director
during
a
press
conference
at
Cannes
where
the
film
premiered
to
glowing
reviews
in
2015.