#1 - BRENDAN MCCARTHY

Half the Picture's first guest is Brendan McCarthy, Mad Max: Fury Road's brilliantly inventive co-writer and visual designer! Brendan joined us to for an in-depth chat covering all things Fury Road, from his experiences working closely with George Miller in pre-production on the scripting and storyboarding to Splendid's original (and much more hardcore) death scene that was cut from the film. He also delved into the original ending he and Miller had planned and even teased the upcoming and eagerly anticipated 'Furiosa!' For all this and more, watch on! #madmax #furyroad #furiosa #georgemiller #HalfthePicturePodcast Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel so as not to miss any of Billy's interviews! *Note: This interview was recorded on July 7th 2022. Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/@HalfThePicturePodcast?si=4voOUGPn1WEE6fYY Listen to the podcast online... APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-the-picture/id1768054211 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7btEvvp7BrhusFCCeBBNyg?si=k-TB_l39SFa5u-zyC3pCFw Follow us online! Half the Picture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halfthepicpod/ Billy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billybarnell96?igsh=MWk0aW5yeHZ4dTVpYg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Billy on Twitter: https://x.com/billybarnell?s=21&t=3QYyJcwx8wDDu_oVNj9MXQ Brendan on Twitter: https://x.com/MysticMcCarthy Peter Pound's Website: https://www.peterpound.com.au/ Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 01:07 - Mad Max 2 impact 02:40 - “Whatever happened to Mad Max?” 04:15 - The Dawn of CGI 06:13 - Pitching Fury Road to George Miller 09:28 - Working with Miller 11:38 - Seeing Fury Road the first time 12:56 - Playing in George Miller’s sandbox 15:29 - Unmade George Miller animated film ‘Fur Brigade’ 18:30 - The scripting process + a Great Mad Max movie 21:12 - Cameron/Miller/Spielberg 22:53 - CGI vs. Practical Action 24:05 - Fury Road’s action storytelling 28:49 - Marvel + boring action movies 30:16 - Casting Tom Hardy 32:19 - Visiting Fury Road set 34:00 - Inventing Fury Road characters 35:06 - Splendid's Original Death Scene 39:05 - Fury Road’s Original Ending 44:30 - Furiosa’s backstory + genre cinema 47:52 - Furiosa Prequel 49:32 - Fury Road's Legacy 51:43 - Designing The Doof Warrior 53:24 - S&M Costume Design 55:15 - Designing the War Boys 58:23 - Fury Road Premiere + Mel Gibson 01:00:21 - Outro 'BRENDAN MCCARTHY talks writing Mad Max, George Miller, & Fury Road's Original Ending' is a non-profit project intended for educational purposes only. No copyright laws were intended to be broken. All rights to any material used remain courtesy of their respective owners.