On a different day, I might have put this as the best Mad Max movie, but today, I'm putting it at number two. Plus, it moves at such a brisk pace that you're given little time to breathe, and I mean that in the very best sort of way. Mel Gibson has never been better in the role as a reluctant hero, and it doesn't feel ridiculous like it does in Beyond Thunderdome. This sequel is so action-packed and balls to the wall that it still feels like the freshest version of itself beyond all the imitators. So many other films and stories have pulled from The Road Warrior, that you would think it would feel old, but no. You already know what number one is going to be now, but I seriously considered putting this at the top spot since it never gets old. It really doesn't get much better than this. But, he eventually fights to defend a community against a ravenous gang of lunatics, led by the super imposing, Humungus. In this superior in every way sequel directed by George Miller (they're all directed by him), and starring Mel Gibson, and Kjell Nilsson as Lord Humungus, Max is a broken man who fights to survive and steals this world's most valuable commodity - gasoline - whenever he can. "I love sitting around talking, having a coffee, chatting about politics and rubbish," he told USA TODAY. "It's all good.(Image credit: Warner Bros.) 2. Off-screen, Keays-Byrne was a homebody, for whom a lovely day involved painting, writing poems or tooling around in his garden. So the first-time filmmaker sent them motorcycles via train, and the crew rode down, becoming a tight group as they went. The director signed Keays-Byrne and a group of fellow actors to play Toecutter and his gang, but couldn't afford to fly them from Sydney to Melbourne.
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Keays-Byrne started his acting career as a teenager, doing TV and stage work before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and ending up in Australia in 1973 after a touring production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He became a regular on Australian screens big and small before Miller came calling. 'Keep the faith': Alex Trebek shares inspiring posthumous Thanksgiving message "I tend to always be the bad guys," he said. It seems a bit big," he said, adding that being a villain is just fine, because "for an old ham like me, it's great fun." "I don't think you think about things like this. Keays-Byrne reflected on the franchise's success in an interview with USA TODAY in 2015.
You will be deeply missed my friend."Īs the vicious biker-gang leader Toecutter, Keays-Byrne went up against Mel Gibson's Max in "Mad Max." The India-born former member of London's Royal Shakespeare returned as the masked, monster car-driving warlord Immortan Joe for "Fury Road," which racked up more than $44 million in its opening weekend. "It’s amazing you were able to play an evil warlord so well cause you were such a kind, beautiful soul. "RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne," she wrote on Twitter. Charlize Theron, whose Imperator Furiosa battled Immortan Joe in "Mad Max: Fury Road," paid tribute to the actor.
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