‘Furiosa’ Fires Up Cannes With 6-Minute Standing Ovation for Anya Taylor-Joy and Teary Chris Hemsworth

https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/anya-taylor-joy-furiosa-cannes-standing-ovation-mad-max-1235999808/

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  1. Nine years after the debut of “Mad Max: Fury Road” in the South of France, George Miller is once again the toast of the Croisette. The audience at the world premiere of the director’s prequel “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” went wild for his latest high-octane action film, showering the movie with a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday night.

    Taylor-Joy blew kisses into the camera as the clapping continued at the end of the credits, performing a theatrical bow. Hemsworth looked teary-eyed at the rapturous response.

    “We worked very hard on this film, and it’ll be very interesting to see what you make of it,” Miller said briefly after the standing ovation. “Thank you for having us.” 

    “Fury Road” was known for its constant fighting between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy — but Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth showed themselves to be more laid-back as they arrived early at the premiere. They both worked the crowds outside the Palais, signing dozens of autographs and taking selfies with fans.

    Taylor-Joy kept sticking her tongue out at the cameras, while Hemsworth looked to be in great spirits in a dashing white tuxedo jacket that violated the strict Cannes dress code (he left his bow tie back in Australia).

    The praise for “Furiosa” started early, as Cannes showered Miller and his cast with a standing ovation before the movie even began. The “Fury Road” prequel was one of the most-anticipated premieres out of this year’s Cannes. The fifth installment of the “Mad Max” franchise opens in theaters on May 24 in the United States from Warner Bros., which is hoping the film will match (or exceed) the $380 global box office of “Fury Road.” With a budget of $168 million, “Furiosa” will need to do big business to turn a profit.

    Set in a post-apocalyptic world 15 to 20 years before the events of “Fury Road,” “Furiosa” stars Taylor-Joy taking over for Charlize Theron as a young Imperator Furiosa. As a young girl, Furiosa is kidnapped and imprisoned by a group of bandits known as the Biker Horde led by Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth).

    Beyond Taylor-Joy and Hemsworth, the film also stars Alyla Browne, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Goran D. Kleut, Nathan Jones, Josh Helman, John Howard, Angus Sampson, Charlee Fraser, Quaden Bayles and Daniel Webber.

  3. I would bet anything SIX MINUTES is far, far, overstated. Try standing and clapping and cheering for 2 minutes yourself and see how you do.

  4. Six minutes ovation is practically booing by Cannes standards

  5. Six minutes at Cannes? That means the audience hated the movie! They clap well over 10 minutes for anything decent!

  6. I want to avoid Cannes just so that I don’t have to awkwardly clap with everyone and feel judged if I sit down after maybe one minute.

  7. I sure hope he did t fuck it up trying to be a clown like Love and War

  8. I never understood these timed standing ovations. Is someone with a stop watch in the back starting and stopping? Do they start with the first stand and stop with the first person to stop? Is it a 50/50 thing? What are the rules

  9. Can we please get this praying mantis off all of our screens please?

  10. LoL Cannes is a fucking joke isn’t it? I mean the ovations could just be for a movie reaching completion. In and of itself every movie is a testament to the hard work of so many people. So I get it if the clapping is for that. But I don’t think that’s the case. What’s with that place?

  13. Aw yay I’m very happy for Chris! He was pretty hard on himself about the last Thor, he’s had a good year though with the MET gala and now this success at Cannes!!

  14. Didn’t Indiana Jones get 6+ mins ovation? Either way I have high hopes

  16. What’s this I keep hearing about Hemsworth and dementia?

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