Elsa Pataky and… Elsa Pataky? And yes, Chris Hemsworth's partner embodies two different roles in “Furiosa”. And she is not the only one close to the actor to have appeared there …
In Furiosa: A Mad Max saga, released in May 2024, Chris Hemsworth did not turn alone: his longtime companion, Elsa Pataky, is also there. The Spanish actress joined the post-apocalyptic universe of George Miller by playing two very different characters, proving once again that she knew how to handle the action with style.
Known for her role as Elena in the Fast & Furious franchise, Elsa Pataky added a new muscular production to its filmography. It was not his first collaboration with Chris Hemsworth : The couple has already shared the poster in Horse Soldiers, Thor: Love and Thunder (where she appeared in the role of a Loup woman against the superhero) and Interceptor, an action film produced by Netflix in which Hemsworth was making a brief surprise appearance. She even lent her lips to a scene of kissing in Thor 2, secretly doubling Natalia Portman!
For those who did not know it, in Furiosashe slipped into the shoes of two characters as formidable as different. She first embodied a Vuvalini warrior, which remained behind to defend the green land while the mother of Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) goes in search of her daughter. Later, unrecognizable in a dilapidated costume and carrying a repulsive makeup, she plays one of the minions of the tyrannical Dementus, embodied by Chris Hemsworth Precisely, who surprises here with a root role.
A real family affair!
But that's not all: the father of Chris HemsworthCraig Hemsworth, also made an appearance in the film! Present twice on the screen, he was able to share a unique cinematographic experience with his son through a cameo without dialogue.
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For the anecdote, passionate about mechanics, it formerly belonged to a group of bikers, some members of which had participated in the very first Mad Max, in 1979-but he never figured himself in the film, as explained Chris Hemsworth in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ8-R6MWKHK
And the next generation already seems to be assured: according to producer Doug Mitchell, the twins of the couple Hemsworth-Pataky, aged 12, already show talents of stuntmen.
“” “The two twins, the boys, are able to jump on a motorcycle. I'm not kidding”, Told us the faithful collaborator of George Miller in Cannes last year*. “” “Chris showed me images, and he said to me, 'They will be in the next Mad Max at 14. For the moment, they are 12 years old, but they can cycle '”. The new generation of Wasteland survivors may already be in training…
Furiosa: A Mad Max saga can be found on MyCanal.
*Interviews collected on May 15, 2024 in Cannes by Mégane Choquet.
