The Process of Geeking Out

Against the power of The Machine, there can be no victory

Furiosa looking at Toast and Joe / Furiosa looking at Max

These pairs of shots are only a couple of minutes of screen time apart. The first is right after she gets stabbed and the second is about two minutes later.

It’s not just that she’s all defiance and badassery in front of Joe and can show pain and fear and vulnerability when she’s looking at Max. It’s that in two minutes, her condition has gotten noticeably worse, we can see it, and we’re just as scared for her as Max is.

The moment where it always hits me is when she pulls the knife out of her side and her hand is shaking. This is a woman who can hold a rifle shot steady while balancing on the dash of a moving truck. It’s a tiny thing that only we see, the kind of thing she might hide from everyone around her, but it tells us that this injury is serious.

“I’ve been in movies where I’ve gotten shot three times and I continue to act, just stumbling through moments. I love that in this high-octane action world, I get stabbed once, and 20 minutes later, I’m almost dying from it, which is real, completely real.” - Charlize Theron (x)

Mad Max: Fury Road

Actress Mana Ashida (who played young Mako) had trouble pronouncing Guillermo Del Toro’s name. He gave her permission to cal him Totoro-san after the character from “My Neighbor Totoro.” (x)

Name:  Alessandro Baldasseroni

Country: United States, Los Angeles