Mad Max: Furiosa is currently playing in theaters and American audiences have been left confused about one important aspect.
The fifth film in the long-running action series was filmed in New South Wales, Australia, in 2022, and features characters who speak unique Australian slang, such as ‘fang it’ and ‘fothing’.
American audiences have taken to social media to express their confusion at the frequent use of distinctly Australian slang throughout the film.
“It was a little unsettling to learn that a lot of the post-apocalyptic slang in Furiosa is actually just normal Australian slang,” one fan joked.
“The whole script is actually just a recording of an afternoon in the pub,” a second person joked.
The film Mad Max: Furiosa, filmed in Australia by Chris Hemsworth (pictured), is currently playing in theaters and American audiences have been left confused about one important aspect.
“Max’s son Sprog is named after Australian slang for boy,” a third person chimed in, and a fourth added: “Fang, it made me weirdly nostalgic, no one uses that anymore.”
Furiosa features a mostly Australian all-star cast including Chris Hemsworth, Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson and Nathan Jones.
It is written and directed by legendary Australian filmmaker George Miller and also stars American actress Anya Taylor-Joy and English star Tom Burke.
The fifth film in the long-running action series was filmed in New South Wales, Australia, in 2022, and features characters who speak unique Australian slang, such as ‘fang it’ and ‘fothing’.
Furiosa features a primarily Australian all-star cast including Hemsworth, Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson and Nathan Jones.
The film tells the origin story of a young Imperator Furiosa, played by Anya, who rose to fame as the star of the Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit.
Meanwhile, Chris has described his character Dementus as “a very violent, crazy, brutal person born from the Wasteland.”
‘He was born in a space where what matters is killing or being killed. He has learned to rule with an iron fist. He has charisma and is very manipulative,” he said at CCXP in Brazil, where images of the trailer were released.
American audiences have taken to social media to express their confusion at the frequent use of distinctly Australian slang throughout the film.
Furiosa was filmed in New South Wales and was expected to become the biggest film ever made in Australia; Filming concluded in September 2022.
Franchise creator Miller also returns as director and co-writer of Furiosa, alongside Nico Lathouris, as well as his producing partner Doug Mitchell.
Miller has described the prequel as “a saga” that will be told over a 15-year period, which is very different from 2015’s Fury Road, which lasted three days in its time period.
