George Miller went in a dramatically different direction for his “Mad Max: Fury Road” followup, opting to make “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a two-hander starring Tilda Swinton as a woman confronted by a Djinn (Idris Elba).
But now, with that film out of his system, the 77-year-old is preparing to return to the “Mad Max” universe with “Furiosa,” a prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Charlize Theron’s “Fury Road” character.But it appears that the process of filming “Three Thousand Years of Longing” made quite the impact on Miller and his approach to the next “Mad Max” movie.
The director was so impressed with Swinton that he tried to find a way to include her in his next film, and regrets that he was unable to make it work.“She really is something.
She’s an artist and one of the wisest people I’ve ever known,” Miller said to The Hollywood Reporter,
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