Aussie actor Richard Norton will play the villain in Mad Max: Fury Road

By Jake Dee

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

When George Miller’s oft-delayed fourth MAD MAX film, FURY ROAD, commences shooting early next year, it will do so with the villainous services of Aussie actor and martial artist Richard Norton (pictured right). In fact, Norton will be playing multiple characters in the film, so he tells Moviehole. Scroll down to chew on the entire quote the dude dished…

“We were meant to be filming right now but they postponed it for a January 2012 start. I’m really looking forward to this because I’m playing a number of roles, including the main henchman to the bad guy played by Hugh Keays-Byrne who was in the original Mad Max over 30 years ago. I’m so thrilled for the opportunity to be part of such an iconic Aussie franchise and have such a good role. A few months ago we did rehearsals with cars and trucks in the Australian Outback. Too much fun for one person! [Laughs] Brit Tom Hardy will play the lead as the Max character and he says he can’t wait to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu everyday on-set so that should be a hoot! This is definitely the most exciting thing I’ve got coming up and as I say we’ll be shooting from January 2012.”

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