Ukuphuma ngqo eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, umlobi we-post-apocalyptic George Miller "Mad Max: Umgwaqo othukuthele" waba ngomunye wamafilimu aqhakazile eminyaka edlule. Iminyaka eminingi, le phrojekthi yajikijela esihogweni sokukhiqiza, kodwa le mizamo ayizange inyamalale, ngoba ekugcineni, kucishe kwaphela isethenjwa. Ifilimu ligcwaliseke izinhlamvu ezinemibala nevuthayo, kepha ngisho nakulesi sizinda kukhona amafutho angesabi owenziwa nguCharlize Theron.
Kuliqiniso, ukubukeka kokuqala kwama-furios ahluke kakhulu kulowo ovele esikrinini. Engxoxweni neNew York Times, i-Theron yatshelwa:
Ekuqaleni, uFrios wakhulelwa njenge-heroine engathandeki futhi eyinkimbinkimbi. Kwakufanele abe nezinwele ezinde nezimbozo zodaka lwase-Afrika ebusweni bakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, sasinomculi ohlukile wezingubo - ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kufike uJenny Bevan. Ngengubo yami yokuqala, ngazizwa nginjenge-barbarell. Kwangikhathaza. Ngibonga kakhulu ngoGeorge ukuze ngilalele. Ngathi kuye: "Angazi ukuthi kungasichitha kanjani isikhathi egumbini lokulungisa izimoto ngezinwele ezinjalo. Ngicabanga ukuthi sidinga ukushayeka izinwele zami. Kufanele kube ngumlingiswa owengeziwe we-androgynous nowokufika.
Kuhle ukuchaza ukuthi i-barbarella, iTeron ekhuluma ngayo, iyi-volatopria yokufika kwezocansi kusuka kwifilimu yamahlaya yesayensi ngo-1968. Indima yesihloko eBarbarella yenziwa uJane Poland. Siyakhumbula futhi ukuthi "Mad Max: Umgwaqo weRoger" wanikezwa amaphrimiyamu ayisithupha we-Oscar, kufaka phakathi amagama aphakanyisiwe "agqoke izingubo ezinhle kakhulu", "umenzi omuhle kakhulu nezinwele" kanye "nomqondisi omuhle kakhulu womdwebi wezomculi".