Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga director George Miller explains why Fury Road‘s Charlize Theron was recast with Anya Taylor-Joy. Theron played wasteland warrior Furiosa in 2015’s acclaimed Mad Max: Fury Road, turning the character into an iconic hero. But when it came time for Miller to revisit his famed post-apocalyptic universe for a prequel movie about Furiosa’s origins, rather than de-age Theron for the film, the star was recast with the younger Taylor-Joy.
