Furiosa Movie Casts Anya Taylor-Joy as Lead, Adds Chris Hemsworth, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

It seems Mad Max’ universe.

The casting of Taylor-Joy is not entirely a surprise since Miller has made clear for the last year that he intended to cast a younger actor in her 20s to portray Furiosa’s origin story. While this has been bittersweet for fans, Taylor-Joy has been rumored to be Miller’s choice for months and is a definite rising star.

As the breakout lead of Queen’s Gambit on Netflix. Her casting as Furiosa now positions her with a franchise film.

The other castings are equally impressive with Abdul-Mateen also having a couple of banner years after appearing in The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix. Hemsworth, meanwhile, is of course best known for playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic universe, including in the Thor: Love and Thunder, which will be directed by Taika Waititi.

Who Abdul-Mateen and Hemsworth are portraying in Furiosa is being kept under wraps at the moment, but as a personal bit of speculation, it’d be very interesting to see Hemsworth in the role of a heavy like Immortan Joe…

Furiosa is being written by Miller and frequent collaborator Doug Mitchell. The pair are likely working on the mysterious backstory for Furiosa that Miller and Nick Lathouris created for themselves and Theron on Fury Road, but which has been kept a mystery in the public. The story, however, is apparently compelling enough for Miller to pursue this narrative as his next feature after that 2015 action masterpiece.

Before playing Furiosa, Taylor-Joy can be next seen in Edgar Wright’s horror movie Aquaman 2.