Hugh Keays-Byrne, of Mad Max fame, dead at 73

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/02/hugh-keays-byrne-of-mad-max-fame-dead-at-73.html

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I didn’t realize Toecutter and Immortan Joe were played by the same actor.

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Now who will get Kundalini’s hand back?

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The NightRider…

Remember him when you look at the night sky!

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Some actors are never in lots of movies, only in a couple, but they play their part so memorably people everywhere remember them.

Keays-Byrne’s 2 main characters will be remembered by many for a long time. His acting was superb in both roles.

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Witnessed.

May he ride eternal, shiny and chrome.

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Does that mean they are the same character?

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He also had a occasionally recurring role in Farscape for which I remember him fondly.

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Toecutter would have had a tough time surviving the first film.

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Some people have headcanons to that effect. His injuries in the first film being why he’s so fucked up in Fury Road.

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My head cannon is that Toecutter and Joe are the same character, but I think George Miller said they are not meant to be.

Hope he’s at the gates of Valhalla.

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“What? Does this mean I might end up typecast too?”

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Guns!!l I Hate Guns!!!

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Keays-Byrne toured Australia with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973, decided to stay there

To be fair he wanted to tour ALL of Australia

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My favorite line of his (and probably across the board) from Fury Road:

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To be honest, Wes is an absolute favorite for sheer nuttiness and animalistic sounds. Vernon Wels does crazy so well, I wished he’d had more screen time

To anybody that didn’t know, Mad Max are my favorite films, 2 & 3, then fury road, then 1.

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Oh, I’m more Fury Road, 2, 1, and then 3. Splitter!

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1 is your least fave!? Do you even troll?

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Mad Max 5 is my all-time fave, and if you haven’t seen it yet, I’m telling you f’all. I’m no splitter.

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Similarly I assumed the Gyro Captain from The Road Warrior was supposed to be the same character as the pilot Jedediah from Beyond Thunderdome (same actor, same vocation) but Miller said that’s not the case either. Maybe they’re supposed to be identical twins or something.

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