We barely know who the beautiful Teresa Palmer is, but apparently we now know that the Australian actress will not be appearing in “Mad Max 4” aka “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Or sort of.
According to a very unclear report out of ComingSoon — whose members modestly suggest without them there would be no film news — at the junket for “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” Palmer was asked if she was going to appear in the film, but she scoffed and said those reports were “Internet rumors.” But asked about the film by Hitfix earlier in the year, Palmer seemed reticent to talk about project, but strongly suggested that she had been cast (or was negotiating) by saying, “I’m not really allowed to talk about it. I wish I could say more, but my lips are sealed.”
Palmer also said playfully without admitting much, “there’s rumors that I’m in it, there’s rumors that I’m not in it,” so it’s possible ComingSoon mistook her “internet rumors” comments (that’s our hunch).
Earlier this year, some reports had assumed that Palmer had replaced Charlize Theron in the film because the younger actress was said to be the lead, but while she didn’t say much Theron recently confirmed her participation in the film to MTV.
The film also stars Tom Hardy (“Bronson”), Theron, Nicolas Hoult (“A Single Man”), Zoe Kravitz and Adelaide Clemens. While no one seems to know the plot and some have speculated, it seems that both Hardy and Theron are likely co-leads and Hardy is not playing a younger Mad Max and instead an entirely different character within that post-apocalyptic milieu.
In fact, Theron has been reported as being the lead in the film which doesn’t surprise us one bit because Hardy, while we love him a ton, is not a bonafide star yet and he cannot green light a picture of this magnitude. Theron on the other hand can. So Palmer out of the picture? We’re not so sure…
Meh. So much for that posit. She really is outtie on this project. There’s a conflict with another film, but apparently Palmer was supposed to be in Miller’s Justice League, perhaps this writer was sleeping when that was announced (I quit).
Last we heard the George Miller-directed “Mad Max: Fury Road” would undergo 3D conversion (naturally) and would shoot this August down under, but no word yet if that date is still a go.
