Question: Im really looking forward to a certain Mad Max movie that is coming up. What can you tell people about that project and when do you begin filming?
Theron: I leave in like two and a half weeks and we start shooting I think around mid-July in Namibia. Im f**king dying, too, its been three years. Its time to skin this cat already, so yeah, Im very excited about it.
Q: Is the script that you were given all that time ago exactly what youre still doing?
Theron: Yes, exactly the same script. I know. It was more logistics. It was the fact that he had to finish Happy Feet. Then there was terrible floods in Australia, and the desert just never recovered from it. That sounds horrible. It did recover in a beautiful way, but not in a way that we needed it to, so that was a huge problem for us.
Q: What is it about that project that youre looking forward to taking on?
Theron: I think that just like this (Prometheus) that its an interesting world. I feel that I have a real interest in this world, and I think people will have an interest in this world because Alien kinda set that up for us. I feel like the original Mad Max created such a vivid world, that to go back and re-imagine it and kind of replay in that sandbox sounds like fun to me. George (Miller, the director of the film) really created a female character that Ive never read anything like. I mean, Im scared ****less.
Q: What is it hes asking of you? Is it something youve never done?
Theron: No, its a really challenging piece of material. I think for me originally when they were like, Oh, Mad Max. I was like, Uh, Im not going to play the ****ing girl for Mad Max. Then I read it and I was like, Oh, Mad Max. I feel sorry for you. (Laughs) That rarely happens. Its just really, its two great characters. Its not the original Mad Max. Its the revamped Mad Max. Its Tom Hardy, whos incredible. So, the whole thing is just exciting, very, very exciting.
Q: Is that one of those films where its going to be PG-13, or are you guys pushing for a hard R? Do you know?
Theron: I cant say. I mean, ultimately its going to be up to George Miller, but it feels like
Q: I know theres some violence.
Theron: Yeah, yeah, theres some bad-ass violence in it. I mean, if we do what the script is, I dont know how you can do, but then I feel like PG-13 is pushing a little bit, too, which is good. It feels likeI dont know. I remember being like, young and watching Alien and loving it.
