The Other Darrin: In the European French dub, Jacques Frantz replaced Patrick Floersheim as Max (Frantz became Mel Gibson's regular French voice with this film).In Memoriam: This movie is dedicated to Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash during production of the movie. Dyeing for Your Art: Tina Turner willingly (and gleefully) shaved her head for her wig to fit properly.Then George Miller was suggested that Max be the man who finds the children. Dolled-Up Installment: This was originally not a Mad Max film, but a post-apocalyptic Lord of the Flies film about a tribe of children who are found by an adult.For the unmasking scene, however, the creators cast Stephen Hayes, who had Down Syndrome. Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: For most of the movie, Blaster is played by the neurotypical Paul Larsson, who was chosen for his imposing height.A few seconds of this scene are included in the music video for Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero." The other is Max takes a dying Gekko to the top of a sand dune at night, sees the lights of Bartertown and tells him they've reached Tomorrow-Morrow Land. He realises he's become just as bad as the animals he used to hunt down as a cop. In the first, Max dreams of his murdered wife and son, wakes up and cries. Deleted Scene: Two scenes were cut from the film to bring down the running time.He's end up splitting directorial duties with George Ogilvie, handing the action sequences while Ogilvie handled the narrative ones. Creator Breakdown: After Byron Kennedy's death just before the start of filming, George Miller was too grief-stricken to direct the whole thing.charts, number three on the UK charts, and number one in Australia, in the summer of 1985. Breakaway Pop Hit: Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero" reached number two on the U.S.Billing Displacement: While Mel Gibson is top-billed within the film itself, several of the posters and other advertising materials bill him beneath Tina Turner, as Gibson was still somewhat well-known off the back of the previous film, but wouldn't really hit it big with American audiences until Lethal Weapon, two years later.
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