History Trivia / MadMaxFuryRoad

* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Quentin Kenihan, the actor playing Corpus Colossus, is disabled in real life (he has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteogenesis_imperfecta osteogenesis imperfecta]]). No prosthetics, puppets or special effects were used; the only alterations to Mr. Kenihan were makeup. The heart surgery scars are real.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Fury Road'' has been planned for years, with George Miller reportedly having its concept since 1998. [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell Filming finally began in July 2012, and ended in December. It was released in 2015,]] [[SequelGap 30 years after the third movie]]. Planned spinoffs and/or sequels had been stuck there for several years after this film due to backend compensation disputes between Miller and WB. They've since settled and the Furiosa spin-off is hoping to shoot in 2020.

* WordOfGod: Years after the film's release, George Miller stated he thought there was a 50/50 chance Furiosa would be corrupted by power and become just as bad a tyrant as Immortan Joe.

* RealitySubtext: Courtney Eaton was in her mid-teens during filming and had much less film experience than the rest of the cast, so she ended up taking on the baby sister role among the actors in RealLife, too. In addition, she became close friends with Abby Lee, which is most likely why Cheedo and the Dag are always holding each other.

** Another stuntman started a relationship with Capable performer Riley Keough, and married her when the movie was released.

** Creator/TomHardy and Creator/CharlizeTheron's stunt doubles fell in love during production and got married, in an ironic contrast to how the actors they were doubling didn't get along.

!!Misc. Trivia:

* In a bit of an on-set role-reversal, Nicholas Hoult [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-22/nicholas-hoult-on-jennifer-lawrence-ditching-after-parties--and-knitting learned how to knit from a makeup artist]] during the seven-month shoot in Namibia, and the older actresses playing the Vuvalini [[http://www.npr.org/2015/05/15/406731120/the-women-pull-no-punches-in-fiery-feminist-mad-max did their own stunts]].

** Creator/TomHardy, Nicholas Hoult, and Rosie Huntington-Whitely are British.
** Riley Keough, and Zoe Kravitz are American.

* HeAlsoDid: The subject of a brief [[MemeticMutation meme]] was the fact that this was George Miller's first live-action drama since ''Lorenzo's Oil'', which was released in '''1992''' to [[BoxOfficeBomb meager profit]] before doing more lighthearted family fare, his last live-live action film overall having been ''Film/BabePigInTheCity'' in 1998. His previous film up to this point had been, of all things, the second ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' film, but one can hardly advertise a gritty action movie with "From the director of ''Happy Feet'' and ''Babe''." Instead, the ads went with the vague-but-flattering "From mastermind George Miller".

* RemakeCameo: In the Japanese dub used by "The Cinema" cable network, Creator/YoshitoYasuhara, who voiced Max in the Japanese dub of the [[Film/MadMax very first movie]], voice the villain Immortan Joe.

* TroubledProduction:
** Creator/GeorgeMiller originally wanted to film in his homeland of Australia in 2001, but due to the 9/11 terror attacks, production was postponed.
** ''Fury Road'' was once again set to film around 2011 in the traditional setting of Broken Hill, Australia, but due to heavy rainfall transforming the desert landscape into a lush meadow of flowers, the production was moved to Namibia. The cars had to be transported there by ship to huge expense.
** Production on the film finally commenced on July 2012, where the hot conditions took a [[http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/mad-max-fury-road-cast-and-crew-had-to-endure-extreme-conditions-while-filming/story-e6frflp0-1227353684779 major toll on the cast and crew.]]
** Creator/CharlizeTheron and Creator/TomHardy reportedly did ''not'' get along during filming, with Hardy's MethodActing reportedly [[http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/10/tom-hardy-charlize-theron-feud-mad-max/ bothering Theron]]. Theron would later claim that in addition to this, that Hardy and Miller also "[[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/markcassidycbm/news/?a=120699 went at it.]]" Hardy would later apologise to Miller at the film's Cannes premiere.
** Amid claims of the film going over-budget and behind schedule, Warner Bros. then sent a producer to [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-sends-studio-representative-380010 oversee production in Namibia]].

** Production on the film finally commenced on July 2012, where the hot conditions took a [[http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/mad-max-fury-road-cast-and-crew-had-to-endure-extreme-conditions-while-filming/story-e6frflp0-1227353684779 major toll on the cast and crew]].

* DevelopmentHell: ''Fury Road'' has been planned for years, with George Miller reportedly having its concept since 1998. [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell Filming finally began in July 2012, and ended in December. It was released in 2015,]] [[SequelGap 30 years after the third movie]].
** Planned spinoffs and/or sequels are stuck there so far. It has a lot to do with [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/mad-max-fury-road-warner-bros-george-miller-lawsuit-sequel-prequel-furiosa-a8053866.html George Miller suing Warner Bros]].

* BigNameFan: Disney veterans John Musker and Ron Clements (the men behind ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'') were allegedly as big of fans of ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' as Mel Gibson was, and sent the film a deliberate ShoutOut in ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' with the Kakamora. ''Max'' was also an influence on ''Moana'''s gender politics, and why the main character's being female is significantly downplayed.

** Behind the scenes example. Over 150 cars were built for the film, of which all but 15 were destroyed. The Bullet Farmer’s tracked car was not apparently destroyed during filming, but is known to definitely have been crushed, aparently because the crew hated it that much.

!!Misc. Trivia:

* In a bit of an on-set role-reversal, Nicholas Hoult [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-22/nicholas-hoult-on-jennifer-lawrence-ditching-after-parties--and-knitting learned how to knit from a makeup artist]] during the seven-month shoot in Namibia, and the older actresses playing the Vuvalini [[http://www.npr.org/2015/05/15/406731120/the-women-pull-no-punches-in-fiery-feminist-mad-max did their own stunts]].

* HostilityOnTheSet: As mentioned below under TroubledProduction, Creator/CharlizeTheron claimed that Creator/TomHardy and Creator/GeorgeMiller "went at it." Hardy would later apologize to Miller at the film's Cannes premiere.

** Hardy and Creator/CharlizeTheron were also apparently annoyed by each other at first, but much like their characters developed a genuine (if [[VitriolicBestBuds grudging]]) respect for each other over the course of the film.

** Quentin Kenihan performed Corpus Colossus without the breathing assistance he usually wore. He is visually breathing heavily in a few shots.

* ThrowItIn: Behind the scenes example. Over 150 cars were built for the film, of which all but 15 were destroyed. The Bullet Farmer’s tracked car was not apparently destroyed during filming, but is known to definitely have been crushed, aparently because the crew hated it that much.

* ThrownItIn: Behind the scenes example. Over 150 cars were built for the film, of which all but 15 were destroyed. The Bullet Farmer’s tracked car was not necesarily destroyed during filming, but is known to definately have been crushed, aparently because the crew hated it that much.

* ExecutiveMeddling: In the original film, the character Valkyrie is first introduced trapped in a cage and nude. In some international versions, the scene was changed where she is shown wearing underwear. This was possibly done to avoid the film getting a higher age rating in some countries.

* ActorAllusion:
** Max gets a metal restraint mask chained onto his face for a good portion of the first act, which resembles Creator/TomHardy's role as Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', and his voice slips into Bane's at points. Nux's steering wheel also bears a doll head wearing what superficially resembles Bane’s mask.
** And the BigBad is played by the BigBad from the first movie, and wears a mask like the BigBad from the second movie (whose gigantic near-nakedness is taken up by the BigBad's {{Dragon}}).
** In the Creator/VertigoComics prequel, the Five Wives are shown to have learned music. Capable's instrument is the guitar - just like Riley Keough's famous grandfather Music/ElvisPresley.
** Rosie Huntington-Whitley previously appeared in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', where her character had a run-in with an evil warlord tyrant who ''[[TransformingMecha was]]'' a BigBadassRig covered in rusty spikes and chains.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Mostly averted; overall the movie matches the original 1998 plans and concept art ''very'' closely, but some things were changed: