Charlize Theron Was So Committed to Furiosa She’d Roll Around in Dirt Before ‘Mad Max’ Filming

Fans of “Mad Max: Fury Road” might be surprised to learn that one of Charlize Theron’s biggest worries going into production was not the grueling action choreography but getting dust on her hands.

In a brief interview with Rotten Tomatoes, “Fury Road” writer-director George Miller remembers Theron telling him that she strongly disliked getting covered in dust.

Miller humorously offered to have cleaning wipes at the ready behind the camera to get Theron clean as quick as possible, but the Oscar-winning actress politely declined.“She’d walk out of the makeup van and roll around in the dust just to get it in her skin and under her nails,” Miller remembers.

“Before we started the film, she told me, ‘I have to tell you something.

I hate dust on my hands.’ She has some sort of aversion to that.

I asked her if we should have wipes or things,

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