Why Mel Gibson Isn't In Mad Max: Fury Road — cinemablend.com

Warner Bros. screened exclusive footage of Mad Max: Fury Road at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, after which time The Huffington Post interviewed its director, George Miller. In speaking to whether there were some plans to include Gibson in some capacity as an older Max, Miller revealed, We were going to do it with Mel and we were within reach of doing it with Mel. Then 9/11 happened and the American dollar fell against the Australian dollar. The budget ballooned. ... By the time we were ready for Fury Road again, Mel had all those troubles. It also definitely got to the stage where it wasn't like Unforgiven, where it plays with an older guy. It was definitely the younger guy, the same guy.

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