Mad Max followers thought the ’70s and ’80s threequel could be it for George Miller’s beloved movie sequence, so think about the shock when an Oscar-winning follow-up got here 30 years later that was arguably higher than any of the earlier films. The wild crucial and business success of Mad Max: Fury Street led to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which critics beloved, and followers are nonetheless itching for extra from the acclaimed Australian director. MovieWeb just lately spoke with performer Ben Smith-Petersen (presently starring in Shudder’s The Useless Factor), who labored as a stunt skilled on each of Miller’s fashionable Mad Max movies, and we discovered extra about what the auteur is absolutely like behind-the-scenes.
“George is wonderful… For a movie that is taking place on the scale that these movies are taking place, his consideration to element is simply unbelievable,” Smith-Petersen advised MovieWeb, including an unbelievable anecdote from set:
“I watched him cease a shot — we have been taking pictures an enormous explosion, this gas tanker explodes. It is like, this factor is massive, and we’re solely doing it as soon as. And he stopped the roll and walked out to the dummy — there is a Max dummy on this, as a result of you possibly can’t blow actual individuals up in that a lot fireplace — and lower the hair of the wig on the dummy by himself. Like, this man simply cares, right down to the element. It is so cool. It is so layered. And, you recognize, on each of those movies, the quantity of stunt individuals are within the lots of, however he remembers everyone’s identify and can deal with you by identify.”
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MovieWeb spoke with Smith-Petersen whereas he was selling his new Shudder movie The Useless Factor, a cold romantic thriller arriving simply in time for Valentine’s Day. Becoming a member of our interview was the movie’s director, Elric Kane, who talked about a humorous behind-the-scenes connection between The Useless Factor and Miller’s Furiosa:
“[George] can be liable for [Ben’s] haircut in our film, as a result of I forged Ben when Ben seemed like this [with long hair in the interview], after which Ben goes to me, ‘Oh, simply so you recognize, I’ve to pop over to Australia for a second.’ After which he needed to shave his head. And I used to be like — it took some time for me to go, ‘Okay, no, it form of works.’ It’s kind of skull-like, and, you recognize, it really works for our film, too. However thanks, George.”
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Smith-Petersen (who’s married to famed actress Riley Keough in actual life) confirmed in our interview that they only celebrated their 10-year wedding ceremony anniversary. Paradoxically, The Useless Factor is closely targeted on all these fashionable relationship apps on the market, one thing he’s thus very a lot unfamiliar with. His co-star Blu Hunt was additionally a part of our interview and spoke about how this impacts Ben’s fairly shady, mysterious presence of their edgy new thriller. “It does match tremendous for [his] character, although, as a result of he is form of forgotten,” stated Hunt. “It is all very ethereal for him, proper? He is a bit confused. I feel it is like, he does not know what he is fascinated by, however he is, like, myopically targeted on who’s in entrance of him.”
The Useless Factor will start streaming on Shudder Friday.