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"Chaotic behind-the-scenes stories" are slowly becoming their own subgenre of biopic moviemaking. 2017's The Disaster Artist is a great example, or for a more recent entry, how about 2024's Saturday Night? Heck, even Paramount+ got in on the fun with The Offer, a miniseries about the making of The Godfather. With this niche subgenre on the rise, one movie's backstory has to be a candidate for another entry - that is, the making of 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road.

We won't go too deep into the storied, troubled production of the Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy-starring film (though the movie's development Hell and battle with the elements are worth a google). However, we can say for certain that, if a "Making of Fury Road" movie were to be made, star Charlize Theron knows who she'd play to play her.

"[Mackenzie Davis] is incredible," Theron tells The Hollywood Reporter, "She’s got the arms."

If you're wondering why Theron might suggest Davis to play herself, we'd recommend checking out the movie that brought them together - 2018's parental drama/comedy Tully. We won't spoil too much much here, but fans who've already seen the movie could understand why Theron would've come to trust Davis with such a sensitive task as playing herself.

Now, that's not to say the role Theron sees her on-screen analog in is a negative one. Theron was very clear about the fact that she bears no ill will against the makers of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga or the actor that played the titular role - Anya Taylor Joy.

"I watched it," Theron says of the Mad Max prequel, "And I think it’s a beautiful film. I am a massive fan of Anya [Taylor-Joy]. She’s an incredible actor. There’s nothing around [the recasting] that, to me, felt malicious. It was something that just dragged out for too long, and I totally understand it. It still doesn’t make it feel any better. I probably lived in [Furiosa’s] body the longest out of any of my characters, and it was challenging. It was really challenging. But I am so supportive of what ended up happening, and I think the movie is absolutely beautiful."

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is streaming now on Max.

Follow Furiosa's saga with Popverse's Mad Max watch order.