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‘Mad Max’ Director Says ‘There’s No Excuse’ for Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s ‘Fury Road’ Set Feud: Tom ‘Had to Be Coaxed Out of His Trailer’


Tom Hardy had to be "coaxed out of his trailer" on the set of "Mad Max: Fury Road," where his tardiness led to fights with Charlize Theron.

“Tom has a damage to him but also a brilliance that comes with it, and whatever was going on with him at the time, he had to be coaxed out of his trailer,” Miller said, more or less confirming reports that Hardy’s tardiness drew a wedge between him and his-costar. Theron explained in the “Mad Max: Fury Road” oral history book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome” that her relationship with Hardy on the film’s set “was like two parents in the front of the car. Both have actors have since taken accountability for the “Fury Road” feud, citing the film’s grueling production schedule and an overall lack of trust in each other as inciting incidents.

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