Half the Picture's first guest is Brendan McCarthy, Mad Max: Fury Road's brilliantly inventive co-writer and visual designer!
Brendan joined us to for an in-depth chat covering all things Fury Road, from his experiences working closely with George Miller in pre-production on the scripting and storyboarding to Splendid's original (and much more hardcore) death scene that was cut from the film. He also delved into the original ending he and Miller had planned and even teased the upcoming and eagerly anticipated 'Furiosa!'
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*Note: This interview was recorded on July 7th 2022.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:07 - Mad Max 2 impact
02:40 - “Whatever happened to Mad Max?”
04:15 - The Dawn of CGI
06:13 - Pitching Fury Road to George Miller
09:28 - Working with Miller
11:38 - Seeing Fury Road the first time
12:56 - Playing in George Miller’s sandbox
15:29 - Unmade George Miller animated film ‘Fur Brigade’
18:30 - The scripting process + a Great Mad Max movie
21:12 - Cameron/Miller/Spielberg
22:53 - CGI vs. Practical Action
24:05 - Fury Road’s action storytelling
28:49 - Marvel + boring action movies
30:16 - Casting Tom Hardy
32:19 - Visiting Fury Road set
34:00 - Inventing Fury Road characters
35:06 - Splendid's Original Death Scene
39:05 - Fury Road’s Original Ending
44:30 - Furiosa’s backstory + genre cinema
47:52 - Furiosa Prequel
49:32 - Fury Road's Legacy
51:43 - Designing The Doof Warrior
53:24 - S&M Costume Design
55:15 - Designing the War Boys
58:23 - Fury Road Premiere + Mel Gibson
01:00:21 - Outro
'BRENDAN MCCARTHY talks writing Mad Max, George Miller, & Fury Road's Original Ending' is a non-profit project intended for educational purposes only. No copyright laws were intended to be broken. All rights to any material used remain courtesy of their respective owners.