A trailer for the newest spinoff within the Mad Max franchise has viewers questioning who the little woman is in Furiosa — and if the idea that connects her to a key Fury Highway character is believable. Directed by George Miller, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Highway is ready in a post-apocalyptic world the place gas and water are equally scarce. Like earlier franchise installments, Fury Highway facilities on Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), whereas additionally introducing an ally within the type of Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). Collectively, the hardened duo interact in a prolonged, roadway battle in opposition to Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a cult chief with an ultra-violent military.

When the occasions of Fury Highway unfold, Theron’s Furiosa has turned in opposition to Immortan Joe to be able to free his concubines. With Max’s assist, she tries to ship the so-called 5 Wives to the utopian Inexperienced Place. A prequel to Fury Highway, Furiosa sees the return of Mad Max characters, together with its titular highway warrior (Anya Taylor-Pleasure). Taken from the Inexperienced Place, Furiosa will get caught up in a conflict between violent tyrants, and strives to cross the lethal Wasteland to be able to return residence. Within the Furiosa trailer, a scene exhibits a red-headed woman being held captive — and she or he could also be linked to an current Fury Highway character.

Mad Max Concept: Furiosa’s Little Lady Is Riley Keough’s Succesful From Fury Highway

One compelling fan idea means that the red-headed little woman proven within the Furiosa trailer is definitely Riley Keough’s character from Mad Max: Fury Highway. Referred to as Succesful, Keough’s character is one in all Joe’s wives — a.okay.a. concubines who’re pressured to bear the cult chief’s kids. Probably the most level-headed of the 5, Succesful additionally stands out due to her vibrant crimson locks. Though the younger woman within the Furiosa trailer is barely seen very briefly, she is proven to have the same shade of vibrant crimson hair — one thing that stands out in opposition to the movie’s Wasteland shade scheme.

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In Fury Highway, Succesful is likely one of the 5 Wives that Furiosa hopes to liberate. Not solely that, however Furiosa plans to escort the 5 ladies to the Inexperienced Place — a haven away from the violent, controlling males of the Mad Max franchise’s Wasteland. Whereas not a lot is thought about Succesful outdoors of her transient look in Fury Highway, it could be compelling for the Furiosa prequel to knit its titular protagonist right into a tighter story with different preexisting Mad Max characters. Selecting one in all Joe’s future 5 Wives makes probably the most sense, particularly because it aligns with the movies’ themes of liberation and company.

Fury Highway’s Timeline Helps Succesful Being In Furiosa

Whereas the Furiosa movie is scarce on particulars to this point, the trailer implies that Furiosa not solely goals to get herself residence — and away from the grasp of the warring highway tyrants — however that she has a comfortable spot for the red-headed little woman. Though the character is proven briefly, it is implied that Furiosa units out to rescue her. It could even mark the primary time the heroic Mad Max character has tried to assist another person escape the grasp of a warlord. Regardless, primarily based on the kid’s age, she may very effectively be a younger Succesful, as Fury Highway is ready some 15 years after Furiosa.

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Succesful’s Destiny May Assist Clarify Furiosa’s View On Immortan Joe

Within the Furiosa trailer, the younger woman is proven to be a captive of the Warloard Dementus, Chris Hemsworth’s villainous character. The chief of a Biker Horde, Dementus could not have the cult-leader standing of Immortan Joe, however he definitely has the identical penchant for violence and bloodshed. If Furiosa rescues Succesful from Dementus, watching the woman slip into Immortan Joe’s grasp — and grow to be one in all his enslaved concubines — would certainly upset Furiosa. That stated, if Taylor-Pleasure’s protagonist has a preexisting relationship with one of many future 5 Wives in Furiosa, the way in which she targets Joe in Fury Highway would make much more sense.