Tom Hardy sorry for doubting George Miller's vision

  • Breaking
  • 14/05/2015

Tom Hardy has offered up an apology to his Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller after doubting his eccentric artistic vision while they made the action-packed movie in the Namibian desert.

The British actor, who takes on the role originated by Mel Gibson in 1979's Mad Max, admits he wasn't always convinced Miller knew what he was doing and questioned the filmmaker's direction and style.

Following a screening of the film at the Cannes Film Festival, Hardy was asked during a press conference what it was like to see Miller's vision on screen, and he said, "I finally got what George was talking about."

Hardy continued, "For seven months, I think the most complicated or most frustrating thing was trying to know what George wanted me to do at any given minute, so I could fully transmute his vision.

"Because he's orchestrating such a huge vehicle, literally, in so many departments, because all the vehicles are moving and the whole movie is just motion."

He turned to his director and said, "I have to apologise to you because I got frustrated... There was no way that George could have explained what he could see in the sand when we were out there... I knew he was brilliant, but I didn't quite know how brilliant."

Mad Max: Fury Road received multiple rounds of applause from the media during the screening.

Miller is grateful to Gibson himself turned up to support the franchise's new installment at the premiere in Los Angeles.

Fans were surprised to see Gibson walking the red carpet at the new movie's unveiling in LA ahead of Cannes, and Miller has now revealed how much the actor/director's support meant to him.

"Mel sat beside me at the premiere with Tom Hardy sat behind us and Mel is one of those people who can't censor himself... I kept seeing him chuckle. He's directing a movie in Australia now and would ask, 'Oh who's that actor?' He really loved it and it meant a lot to me and he gave me a hug. He's a great filmmaker and I know he's had awful problems but he's a really good man struggling with his demons. I got his respect as a filmmaker which was great," says Miller.

Mad Max: Fury Road is in New Zealand cinemas now.

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