“A couple people at the studio said, ‘Oh, we've got to drop the Doof Warrior.” I said, ‘No no, it's way too early to even think of that.’” Once the Junkie XL score was added to the cut, Miller’s instincts proved correct: “He became one of the most popular characters in the film.”

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 15, 2020

And the Doof Warrior’s flame-spewing guitar really worked! (Eventually.) Here’s a funny story from FURY ROAD production designer Colin Gibson about it pic.twitter.com/4Np4ggW5x2

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 15, 2020

The actresses cast as the Wives in FURY ROAD were auditioned with script pages from ERIN BROCKOVICH, NETWORK, and MONTY PYTHON, and sometimes, they did gender-bending character exercises. Here’s how it went for Zoe Kravitz when she auditioned opposite Jeremy Renner (!!) as Max pic.twitter.com/HfxdaXWtiJ

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 15, 2020

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has starred in only two films: Michael Bay’s 3rd TRANSFORMERS movie, and FURY ROAD. Here’s how she felt at the beginning of FURY ROAD (with a little bit of Bay shade), and how she felt after pic.twitter.com/HMnMzX3Rtz

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 15, 2020

The FURY ROAD Wives all had pretty crazy stories from the set. Here’s one from actress Courtney Eaton: pic.twitter.com/kVlvQhRaOG

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 15, 2020

FURY ROAD editor Margaret Sixel said cutting together Tom Hardy’s performance posed some unique challenges pic.twitter.com/Fl1Zgosi02

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 15, 2020