Furiosa gets an almost 8-minute standing ovation at Cannes post world premiere

As the latest installment in the apocalyptic franchise of Mad Max Saga saw its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga got an almost 8-minute standing ovation.

The lead cast of the film Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth graced the red carpet before their film was showcased to a visibly excited audience. The film received an almost 8-minute standing ovation after the final frame played in the Cannes’ massive Palais.

In the film, Anya plays the titular character first essayed by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road along with Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke.

What is the origin story of Mad Max?

In the origin story, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus (Hemsworth). But she then transfers over to Joe (Burke). In the end, her loyalties lie with no one as she forms a bond with a rogue, mysterious warrior in the middle of the Wasteland as they team to take a prized commodity, petroleum, into their own hands.

Speaking in an interview to Deadline, Anya Taylor-Joy said, “By nature, of how arduous the shooting schedule was, I was very often alone and (Furiosa’s) a character that’s very much in her head and she’s very, very quiet, so it felt everything around me that pushed that sense of isolation.”

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will start its release schedule from May 22. It will be available in theatres from May 24.

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