Anya Taylor-Joy only has 30 lines of dialogue in ‘Furiosa’, went “months” without speaking on set

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Furiosa‘s lead actor Anya Taylor-Joy won’t be speaking much in the upcoming film – find out why below.In a recent chat with The Telegraph, director George Miller revealed that Taylor-Joy, who will be portraying the titular Furiosa, only has “around” 30 lines of dialogue throughout the entire film.According to the director, that’s by design.

All lead actors in the Mad Max franchise haven’t had much dialogue in their films; Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy both spoke minimally in their respective films.

Miller explained that dialogue tends to slow things down, and film is a medium that’s often best enjoyed at high speed. Instead, Miller relies on his lead actors’ abilities to tell stories from their facial reactions and mannerisms instead.Speaking to The New York Times, Anya Taylor-Joy revealed that having an extremely limited number of lines meant she went “months” without speaking or recording a single line of dialogue.However, she shared that she fought “for three months” to include a scream that Miller had initially objected to.

Explaining Miller’s methodology, Taylor-Joy said: “He had a very, very strict idea of what Furiosa’s war face looked like, and that only allowed me my eyes for a large portion of the movie.