Charlize Theron: “Furiosa recasting is a little heartbreaking”

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Charlize Theron is disappointed she won’t get the opportunity to reprise her Mad Max: Fury Road character in a Furiosa prequel, confessing it’s “a tough one to swallow”.Filmmaker George Miller had initially been expected to reteam with Theron for the spin-off project to explore the war captain’s back story, but he recently abandoned plans to use computer-generated imagery to de-age the Oscar winner onscreen for the entire movie.Instead, 27-year-old Killing Eve star Jodie Comer has reportedly been eyed to take over the part of a younger Furiosa, and Theron, 44, admits the news is crushing.“It’s a tough one to swallow,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “Listen, I fully respect George, if not more so in the aftermath of making that film (Fury.