Tom Hardy Is the New Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road! Charlize Theron Official!
Last week we reported that Charlize Theron may be up for the female lead in the next installment of Mad Max being directed by George Miller. Tom Hardy was also rumored to be involved as well but his capacity was unknown until now.
Hardy is being confirmed by THR’s Heat Vision Blog as the new “Mad” Max Rockatansky in the fourth installment of the series. Hardy, a British born actor, is recently known for his role in Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla but to Star Trek fans he is known for the role of Shinzon, the Romulan-Picard clone, in Star Trek: Nemesis.
The story details are being kept under wraps, however, the film’s story is said to take place after the story laid out in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
At some point Sam Worthington was rumored for the role of the character but Hardy’s involvement was hinted way before Worthington’s name was thrown around. Over the past weekend Miller held a press junket on the film in his home of Australia to announce the project as away to bring back the iconic character but to revamp the film industry in Aussieland and how the it will bring jobs, etc because the movie will take 2 years to make.
In that press junket though he mentioned that no casting decisions had been made nor was anything on the internet substantial and that he could “speculate” on who the lead role would go to even joking “it could be Mel or anyone.”
Well I guess Hardy is anyone.
