When iOTA stepped into the role he apparently took the backstory even further adding some particularly grisly details of his own.

They took him and he eventually ended up as the equivalent of the drummer, the fife player or the bagpiper in Immortan Joe's army.' In wanting to craft as authentic a 'bagpiper' as possible Miller casted a real guitarist in the role: New Zealand Australian shredder iOTA. I think they killed his mother because she wasn't of any use. He took what was most precious to him a musical instrument, probably a guitar.' Miller went on to add to add to the Doof-Warriors lore, explaining: 'as they were careening through the wasteland someone heard this music echoing out of that mine shaft, went down there and luckily they saw him as an asset. And that was to go deep down into a mineshaft where they were able to survive. The only way they could survive was to go into a place where there was a competitive advantage to being blind. when things started going a bit crazy he and his mother were left in a mining town. Not only all the characters but every object how it all found its way into this world and how it survived.' Miller told Deadline. 'The approach to the film was you have to be able to explain everything. George Miller laid out a widely intricate backstory for the Coma-Doof Warrior. Writer/director George Miller said that he got the idea for this from Australian filmmaker David Bradbury's 1981 Vietnam War documentary 'Front Line', in which Cambodian soldiers preparing for battle suspend small jade figurines of Buddha from their mouths with little straps. Another clue to the spray's narcotic properties is the fact that 'chrome' and 'chroming' are Australian slang terms for inhalant abuse. However, in a May 2015 interview with CraveOnline, actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays Immortan Joe, said that this practice, which the War Boys think is purely ritualistic, actually involves the inhalation of '.a very euphoric drug' that keeps the War Boys high and suicidally devoted to Immortan Joe. Both the War Boys and Immortan Joe often speak about this as though it is a religious ritual, saying that it will allow them to enter 'the gates of Valhalla, shiny and chrome'. Neville knows he is badly outnumbered, and the odds are against him, and all the while, the infected wait for him to make a mistake that will deliver Neville into their hands.”Ĭonsidering how I Am Legend concluded Neville’s story, it’ll be interesting to see how they approach his return.To prepare themselves to go into battle, ready to sacrifice their lives for Immortan Joe, the War Boys spray their lips and teeth with a silver substance, very much like common spray paint. Robert Neville “Wander alone through New York City, calling out for other possible survivors, and works on finding a cure for the plague using his own immune blood. Plot details at this time remain under lock and key. Oscar winner and producer Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the Richard Matheson 1954 novel, is also returning to write the follow-up. He’ll be joined on screen by Black Panther‘s Michael B. Per Deadline, Smith is returning for the next chapter as star and producer. is finally upping the stakes on the property with a new sequel in development. It’s been over a decade since Will Smith‘s 2007 hit I Am Legend toppled the global box office. Then he was called upon when needed a bugler or the bagpipe - someone who helps call everyone to war. One day Immortan Joe came past, and someone heard the music. So, deep in the mine, he would sit there and eat rodents and get the water from the sea bed - and he would also play his guitar where no one could hear it. How does someone weak survive the apocalypse? He survived because he was blind – because he lived deep in an unlit mine, where it was an advantage to be blind. For me, it was all about how someone who is blind survives in this place. I want to tell a story about him in a comic if there’s an opportunity. One character who didn’t get his own comic was the Doof Warrior. It’s just one of those badass characters that shouldn’t make any sense but is perfectly rational, 100% normal in world that is built upon insanity.ĭirector George Miller spoke in an interview with Fandango and explained that there’s actually an origin story to this character: He rides atop a truck built almost entirely of speakers, four war drummers pounding away behind him, his guitar shooting forth flames. If you’ve seen Mad Max: Fury Road, you’ll know that one of the coolest characters of the film is “The Doof Warrior”, the guitarist that drives the troops of Immortan Joe forward with his metal chugs.

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