George Miller Considered De-Aging Charlize Theron For Furiosa – Then He Saw Gemini Man
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has had a particularly long journey to the big screen, with director George Miller having originally planned to shoot it back to back with 2015’s Fury Road. Despite already having a screenplay in place, the back-to-back productions didn’t end up happening–and as time passed and star Charlize Theron got older, it became increasingly impractical to have her return to play a younger version of the character.
“She was very excited about it, and my intention was that we do it next [after Fury Road]. But then, we’ve now gone through the third parent company of Warner Bros, from Time Warner to AT&T and now Discovery ” Miller said to a group of reporters at an event for Furiosa, indicating that the corporate upheaval at Warners Bros. over the past decade is to blame for Furiosa’s delay.
But the Fury Road prequel, as we know, would end up moving forward with Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Browne sharing duties as the younger Furiosa. But despite the passage of time, Miller still weighed the possibility of using Theron for the prequel, thanks to the emergence of popular CGI de-aging technology.