With Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller has finally brought the epic backstory of Charlize Theron’s fighter to the cinemas. As a younger version of the character, Anya Taylor-Joy hunts down the crazy villain Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) in a dark revenge story.
Without giving too much away, the finale will be Confrontation between the protagonist and her great adversary. If it had been up to Taylor-Joy, we would have seen an even more brutal version of this encounter. But the director felt the extreme moment went too far.
Spoilers for the finale of Furiosa follow now!
Anya Taylor-Joy wanted her tongue cut out in Furiosa
In the end, Furiosa and Dementus meet again in the finale of the sci-fi blockbuster. The villain, who previously ran into a massive sandstorm, lies seriously injured in front of the title character and has to admit defeat to his former foster daughter.
Scenes follow in which the brutal death of Dementus played out in several what-if scenarios In the GQ interview, the leading actress revealed that she wanted to even top George Miller’s crude ideas and express Furiosa’s anger more strongly by having Furiosa cut out Dementus’ tongue.
The director thought the idea was too far-fetched and the scene was not included in the final film. As the GQ article reveals, Taylor-Joy was at least allowed to Replica of Chris Hemsworth’s severed tongue as a souvenir keep.
Here you can watch a trailer for Furiosa:
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Trailer 2 (German) HD
What happens after Furiosa in the Mad Max universe?
After Furiosa, Miller already has plans for another installment in the Mad Max franchise. Following the prequel about Charlize Theron’s character, the director also wants to explore what happened to the title character played by Tom Hardy in the years before the events of Fury Road.
Mad Max 6 has not been officially announced yet. You can still experience Furiosa on the big screen in cinemas.