MAD MAX 4 Could Have Aeon Flux and Charles Bronson?

Not quite sure if this is the “maximum force of the future” the first MAD MAX’s tagline was telling us about, but it sure is an eye-opening.  According to E Online!, George Miller has his gaze on a couple of actors to fill the lead roles in his long-gestating MAD MAX 4.  For the female lead, he’s looking at Charlize Theron.  For the role of “Mad” Max Rockatansky, he’s set his sights on Tom Hardy.

Now, before you start flinging monkey feces at this piece of news, realize first and foremost that this is Miller’s appetite may be making checks that, for all we know, his hide can’t cash.  MAD MAX 4 is a long way off, it has been for many years.  This time next year, with no new news coming our way, we could be hearing about two, new lead role possibilities.  According to the article at E Online, Miller is keeping details about the film under wraps.  One could easily read into that that he doesn’t even have these details stamped down.

Not knowing what the female lead role is, I can’t comment on whether Theron would make a good choice or not.  Hardy, on the other hand, is making a name for himself as a badass all over the festival circuit with BRONSON, and, while I’m sure he would physically be perfect for the part, I’m still not sold on the idea of this movie as a whole anyway.  I was intrigued a year or two ago when it was going to be an animated feature.  That may have sparked some interest, most notably because it could mean Mel Gibson might have been back to voice the role.

At this stage of the game, Miller needs to reassess the notion that Gibson is too old for the part, and, instead of casting younger actors to further the adventures of Mad Max, make Max older and show us that world.  I want to see what an aged Mad Max has to contend with in his day-to-day life.  At this point, if you’re casting anyone other than Gibson in the lead role, you might as well be calling it something completely different.