History Trivia / MadMax

* DevelopmentHell: ''Fury Road'' has been planned for years. Filming finally began in July 2012, and ended in December. Finally it is officially getting released in 2015.

* TheOtherDarrin: Max is played by Creator/TomHardy in the fourth film. Kind of ironic, since a lot of people thought Hardy's [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises portrayal of Bane]] was very much reminiscent of Lord Humungous.

* StarMakingRole: For Mel Gibson.

* TheOtherDarrin: Max will be played by Creator/TomHardy in the fourth film. Kind of ironic, since a lot of people thought Hardy's [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises portrayal of Bane]] was very much reminiscent of Lord Humungous.

## Humungus' scoped pistol is a very similar weapon to the standard sidearm used by the MFP (albeit a different model)[[note]] for the record, MFP's issue weapon is a Smith and Wesson Model 28, the utility version of the Model 27, the first .357 Magnum revolver. Humungus uses a [[DirtyHarry .44 Magnum Model 29.]][[/note]], and other members of his pack use modified police patrol vehicles.

** Mel Gibson got the part in the first movie because the night before he'd been in a bar fight and only showed up at the casting because he was supporting his friend who was auditioning. He was so beat up that when he came back a few weeks later, they almost didn't recognize him.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Fury Road'' has been planned for years. Filming finally began in July 2012, and ended in December.

* Editing mistake? During the final chase scene, Max hits the brakes to shake off Wez who was on top of the truck's cabin. Wez slips and falls to his apparent death in front of the moving truck. Later on, Max makes a u-turn in an effort to lose some of his pursuers and the camera shot shows us the truck well enough to see Wez is not in the vehicle's front bumpers, yet by the time Max is trying to make the Feral Kid reach for the remaining bullet in the truck's hood, Wez springs up in front to fetch the kid. Apparently he grabbed a hold in front of the truck all the time, yet the u-turn shot makes it clear he wasn't there.

** Goose would later become [[SeaPatrol a commander in the Navy]].

* DeletedScene: [[http://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max/filming-locations/mad-max-cut-scenes/index.html The Mad Max Movies page]] lists various scenes that were cut from the first movie, but were said to have shown up in early cuts of the US version, especially on cable and VHS/Betamax. One deleted scene was said to have the biker gang return to Main Force Patrol headquarters and [[KillEmAll kill the remaining MFP officers]]. That [[FridgeLogic may explain]] [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the absence of Max's comrades]] when he goes hunting for the bikers.

* StarMakingRole: For Mel Gibson.

* TheOtherDarrin: Max will be played by TomHardy in the fourth film. Kind of ironic, since a lot of people thought Hardy's [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises portrayal of Bane]] was very much reminiscent of Lord Humungous.

** Goose would late become [[SeaPatrol a commander in the Navy]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Wez is Bennett from ''Film/{{Commando}}''. Seems that he didn't need the girl after all.
** Nobody should trust the Warrior Woman. [[{{Farscape}} She's a]] [[IncrediblyLamePun plant.]]
** The Gyro Captain is Zed from LegendOfTheSeeker. And [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Mouth of Sauron]]. And he's in a bunch of other stuff.
** Papagallo is also Jared Syn

* TheOtherDarrin: Max will be played by TomHardy in the fourth film. Kind of ironic, since a lot of people thought Hardy's [[TheDarkKnightRises portrayal of Bane]] was very much reminiscent of Lord Humungous.

** Master, of Master Blaster, is Angelo Rossitto, who was in ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' way back in the '30s.

** PapaGallo is also Jared Syn

** PapaGallo is also [[Metalstorm Jared Syn]]

* The Gyro Captain is Zed from LegendOfTheSeeker.
* TheOtherDarrin: Max will be played by TomHardy in the fourth film.

** Nobody should trust the Warrior Woman. [[{{Farscape}}She's a]] [[IncrediblyLamePun plant.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Wez is Bennett from ''{{Commando}}''.