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"Mel Gibson has given his blessing to the casting of Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road.  Hardy will take over the eponymous role of Max in the fourth instalment, which was played by Gibson in Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).   &amp;quot;I sat down with the guy and I quite like him,&amp;quot; Gibson told Coming Soon. &amp;quot;I think he&amp;#039;s a good choice for that.&amp;quot; Asked whether he would see the film, Gibson confirmed: &amp;quot;Oh yeah, I&amp;#039;ll have a look. It&amp;#039;ll be fun. I think he&amp;#039;s a good actor. He commits completely and he looks great.  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s this scary thing about him which is kind of right for that. Tom needed to sit down and talk more than I did. I&amp;#039;m really happy about that. But I hope they do a great job.&amp;quot; Gibson also revealed that long-time franchise director George Miller originally tried to persuade him to return, but that budgetary constraints prevented it. &amp;quot;We talked about this very project like 10 years ago. I actually wanted to do it, but then what happened was, the budget was nuts. It was crazy. I certainly hope they&amp;#039;ve become more realistic about it.&amp;quot; Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult also star in Mad Max: Fury Road, which began shooting last month with Miller returning as helmer. The first image from the set, featuring supporting cast members Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough and Adelaide Clemens, was released last month. Watch Miller discussing Mad Max: Fury Road with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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