Mad Max/Trivia
< Mad Max
- Development Hell: Fury Road has been planned for years. It was last scheduled to be filmed in late 2010, but was called off due to heavy rainfall. It was finally made, though, and is set to release in 2015.
- Hey, It's That Guy!: Wez is Bennett from Commando. Seems that he didn't need the girl after all.
- Star-Making Role: For Mel Gibson.
- What Could Have Been:
- In Mad Max 2, it was originally going to be revealed near the end of the film that Lord Humungus was in fact Max's old Main Force Patrol partner Jim Goose, who was horribly burned (but not confirmed to be dead) in the first movie. While this didn't make it into the film, some elements of the final product might be leftover hints:
- 1. Humungus' scoped pistol is a very similar weapon to the standard sidearm used by the MFP (albeit a different model)[1], and other members of his pack use modified MFP patrol vehicles.
- 2. He appears to have terrible burn scars underneath his mask, as evidenced by the back of his head, though the rest of his body is completely unblemished.
- 3. His speeches about losing the people you care about and "ending the suffering" seem to hint at a more conflicted and tragic personality.
- 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.
- ↑ 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 .44 Magnum Model 29.