Chris Hemsworth's father used to... hang out with 'Mad Max' since 1979

Blockbuster Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga star Chris Hemsworth has a "connection" to the Mad Max series from his father's chance story in 1979.

Chris Hemsworth and director George Miller

Writer and director George Miller (79 years old) told People that "Thor god" has a connection to his series starting in... 1979. At that time, Chris's father - Craig Hemsworth - once "hanged out with the biker gang in the first Mad Max movie starring Mel Gibson. I have a photo of that scene", said the Australian filmmaker.

Chris Hemsworth (40) plays Dementus - a warlord riding a motorbike-based chariot in George Miller's latest adventure, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga . This is a prequel to the 2016 Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road , the new film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa.

Motorcycle racing scene in Mad Max released in 1979

"Craig was a social worker, at university at the time, otherwise he would have been a member of... a Melbourne biker gang," Miller recalled.

Earlier this month, Chris Hemsworth confirmed the story in an interview with Cinemablend : "My dad used to race motorcycles so he knew all the people on the set, they did a lot of the stunts and rode horses in the movie."

Miller told People that casting the deranged villain Dementus was no easy task, "I didn't know who could play Dementus," he admitted. But after meeting Chris and learning about his "incredible parents," the director said, "I thought, Oh my God, he's not 40 yet and he's very smart, a very wise guy. I gave him the script and Chris responded very well. I've worked with some really good actors and Chris is definitely in the same league as them."

Chris Hemsworth with his father

When Chris Hemsworth was first cast as Dementus, he made it clear in an Instagram post that he held Miller in high regard. “The Mad Max series is the pinnacle and that’s the main reason I got involved,” he added, adding that the series “meant the world to me as a kid growing up in Australia.”

On May 23, Chris Hemsworth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony attended by his wife Elsa Pataky, three children and his parents.

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