'Mad Max 4' Starts Filming In A Week

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'Mad Max 4' Starts Filming In A Week

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Poor Tom Hardy. First the actor is forced to grow an unwieldy beard as
prep for his starring role in the upcoming “Mad Max” reboot, only to
have the start date pushed back countless times. Then, while in Cannes
this week helping to promote John Hillcoat's “Lawless,” Hardy
confessed he still had no clue when shooting began. However, it seems
Hardy was either off trimming his beard when news struck, or co-star
Charlize Theron is just more aware of these things, because the
actress today revealed the film is set to shoot very soon, as in next
week.

In an interview with MTV promoting the upcoming “Snow White and the
Huntsman,” Theron confirmed, for her part at least, production on “Mad
Max: Fury Road” will start June 2nd, but considering Hardy is playing
the (newly interpreted) title character and all, his call time can't
be too far behind. “We've had a lot of time to talk about it, and
we've also had some rehearsal,” Theron said, only slightly
understating the three-year hiatus. “I think you have to find the
positive out of something like that, waiting that long to do a film.”
While Theron is obviously being amicable about the delays, she's right
to accentuate the positive, since she originally had to turn down
parts in “Young Adult” and “Prometheus” to make room for the past “Mad
Max 4” schedule. But those came right back on her plate as the delay
proved longer than anticipated.

Director George Miller first cast Hardy and Theron during pre-
production back in 2009, putting the film on track to shoot in 2010,
but heavy flooding in the originally planned outback location of
Australia postponed production shortly afterward. The project then
changed locations to Namibia, where another start date of April went
unmet, but if Theron's seemingly confident words can be believed,
'Fury Road' should get underway shortly. Either way, things do seem to
be moving along on the long-awaited sequel. Just yesterday, the Daily
Telegraph British model-turned-actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
("Transformers: Dark Of The Moon") was spotted flying in to meet
Miller with all signs pointing to 'Fury Road.'

The film's story reportedly features a convoy of girls known as the
"Five Wives" who are pursued by the villains with names previously
linked to those roles including Teresa Palmer, Zoe Kravitz, Adelaide
Clemens, Riley Keough and, most recently, fellow supermodel Abbey Lee
Kershaw. Who knows which of those actresses are still on board after
these length delays but could Huntington-Whiteley be in line to join
as part of the quintet?

Now if someone would kindly tap Hardy and his beard on the shoulder
and tell him he's needed on set?