Tom
Hardy set tongues wagging at Cannes with rumours that his newly grown facial
hair was for his role in Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Maria Lewis, The Daily Telegraph, reports
It was supposed to begin filming last month, but Tom Hardy says a start date for the fourth Mad Max film is still uncertain.
The Inception star is taking over from Mel Gibson as the lead in Australian director George Miller's next Mad Max film, Fury Road.
At Cannes promoting Lawless, a film with another Australian director - John Hillcoat - Hardy spoke to Empire magazine about the troubled project.
“We keep moving that around, you know?" he said.
"I’ve been on stand-by for two years…"
Hardy went on to joke: “It was going to be a year of filming, then six months, and now we’re supposed to be doing it in six days. It’s a musical – we’re going to go around shopping centres in a little wagon and sing songs. People were expecting big, but we’re going to give them small. It’ll be a live, free-running musical and it’s coming to a place near you soon."
Mad Max: Fury Road was originally supposed to begin filming in Australia back in 2009 but had to shift locations due to flooding and budget issues.
The $130 million production was then moved to Africa where filming was to begin last month, but the project is yet to get underway with supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley even auditioning for a part in Sydney as late as this week.
Fellow model Abbey Lee Kershaw has also snagged a role in the project.
Teresa Palmer was attached to the film, but pulled out due to the delays.
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