The title of Mad Max: Fury Road refers to Max Rockatansky, first played by Mel Gibson more than 30 years ago in director George Miller’s original Mad Max trilogy, and now played by Tom Hardy in Miller’s long-anticipated reboot. Max, who is struggling to survive in a lethal, postapocalyptic wasteland ravaged by barbaric warlords, has become something of a cinema icon, and a symbol of a kind of stripped-down, primal masculinity.
Anyone who has paid attention to the movie’s posters and trailers, however, understands that another brand-new character in Mad Max: Fury Road is just as vital to the story, and has the possibility to become just as iconic: Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron.
