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Michael Fassbender Recalls His "Awful" MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Audition: "I Couldn’t Wait to Get Out of There"
Before Tom Hardy became the face of Mad Max: Fury Road, several actors were in the running for the role, including Michael Fassbender. But according to the actor, his audition for the post-apocalyptic epic was a disaster.On the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Fassbender didn’t hold back when recalling the experience, calling it “awful” from the very start. He arrived to the audition nearly an hour late after getting lost on the way to Warner Bros. He said: "I was going to Warner Bros in the [San Fernando Valley], not complicated. I got lost, and I ended up getting to the audition almost an hour late. I was not in the correct headspace, they were kind of [rolling their eyes]."Things didn’t improve once he got in the room with director George Miller and an acting coach. Fassbender, who trained in London, clashed with the coach’s methods, finding the entire approach grating."I felt like you're teaching granny how to suck eggs here, this guy really got on my nerves. He was like, 'I want to say this phrase, get out of the room, but I want you to physicalize it Michael.'"At this point in the interview, Fassbender made a dramatic gesture, miming a ridiculous movement as if he were tossing a log down a hallway and it made him realize he wasn’t meant to be there."I couldn’t wait to get out of there," he admitted.Ultimately, Hardy landed the role, and Fury Road became a modern action masterpiece. It was a role that obviously just wasn’t meant for Fassbender.
Before Tom Hardy became the face of Mad Max: Fury Road, several actors were in the running for the role, including Michael Fassbender. But according to the actor, his audition for the post-apocalyptic epic was a disaster.
On the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Fassbender didn’t hold back when recalling the experience, calling it “awful” from the very start. He arrived to the audition nearly an hour late after getting lost on the way to Warner Bros.
He said: "I was going to Warner Bros in the [San Fernando Valley], not complicated. I got lost, and I ended up getting to the audition almost an hour late. I was not in the correct headspace, they were kind of [rolling their eyes]."
Things didn’t improve once he got in the room with director George Miller and an acting coach. Fassbender, who trained in London, clashed with the coach’s methods, finding the entire approach grating.
"I felt like you're teaching granny how to suck eggs here, this guy really got on my nerves. He was like, 'I want to say this phrase, get out of the room, but I want you to physicalize it Michael.'"
At this point in the interview, Fassbender made a dramatic gesture, miming a ridiculous movement as if he were tossing a log down a hallway and it made him realize he wasn’t meant to be there.
"I couldn’t wait to get out of there," he admitted.
Ultimately, Hardy landed the role, and Fury Road became a modern action masterpiece. It was a role that obviously just wasn’t meant for Fassbender.
