Chris Hemsworth Explains Why He Was 'Scared' Before Filming 'Furiosa'
In a resurfaced interview, Chris Hemsworth opened up about his fears before filming Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
The 40-year-old actor stars in the new movie, which premiered on May 24, alongside Anya Taylor-Joy.
While the movie has been met with warm reviews (it’s currently Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), he used filming it as an example of a time that he was the “most stressed” about work and explained why he was “scared out of [his] mind” by it.
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While on the Happy Sad Confused podcast in late 2022, Chris said that he had a hard time finding his character at first.
“Often I get a script and I know from the first read, the second read, I know who the character is and I get an instant, sort of, visceral feeling attached to it, like, ‘Alright, I’ve got it.’” he said.
That was not the case with Furiosa. Though he was “in awe of the script” and loved director George Miller, he wasn’t able to get a read on his character.
Thankfully that changed for him.
“We did about four weeks of rehearsals, and we started digging in and diving into it, and things started coming to me. And then, about two weeks prior to shooting, something clicked,” he recalled. “I went, ‘Ooh! Ooh. I think that’s who it is. I think that’s how he moves.’ But, in the buildup, and I’m talking a couple years, I was scared out of my mind. I’m like, ‘I’m gonna derail one of the most iconic franchises.’ I’m gonna bring down Mad Max. It’s gonna be my fault.”
Chris added that the movie that he was so stressed about became the “best experience of [his] career” and one that he is the “most proud of.”
Did you see that Chris just received a very big honor?
Revisit the interview below…