Furiosa’s silence in the new Mad Max speaks volumes about women’s agency
- Written by: Rebecca Johinke, Associate professor, English, University of Sydney
Warner Bros. PicturesWhen George Miller was directing Anya Taylor-Joy in the role of Furiosa, Taylor-Joy says he told her:
‘mouth closed, no emotion, speak with your eyes’. That’s it, that’s all you have.
Taylor-Joy has only 30 lines of dialogue, but in the first half of the film Furiosa is played (admirably) by a younger...
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