I think Charlize Theron should’ve gotten more muscular to play Furiosa. I think it would’ve fit her badass wasteland warrior woman personality better if she had some biceps.
When I was in PT for my back, the trainers said they had body builder guys in all the time with extremely weak cores. They had gorgeous bodies and big arms, but their backs and core were so underdeveloped that they had a lot of pain and couldn’t lift worth a damn.
I felt Furiosa’s body seemed realistically depicted for the type of lifestyle she led. Really capable strength is very core based, not from over developed biceps. She did have very fit arms, which you can see better in some shots.
Uh yeah, Charlize actually bulked up a lot in her upper body. She just didn’t go for muscles that looked like she spent 2 hours a day in the Citadel gym. She looked like someone who lived the life Furiosa was living…
Adding to what @bassfanimation said: that type of over-developed upper body that so many men and a lot of male athletes go for also throws out the proper curvature of the spine and can result in back problems further down the line.
I have also been in pump classes where I’ve seen petite women half my size lift some deadass heavy weights on their bars. All of which is to say that you simply cannot tell how strong someone is simply by looking at their musculature and bigger does not necessarily mean better.
Agree with what everyone has said on this thread about realistic strength vs. looking a certain way. But also…come on now…
“Charlize is a real warrior,” director George Miller declares. “She was
the one who said, ‘I’m going to shave my head’ and she took on the
10-pound (4.5-kilogram) mechanical arm for the whole shoot and rolled
around in the dust in fight scenes so it all felt real. I remember
driving back to base camp one night as the sun was going down and I was
in the back of the War Rig watching her drive and thinking, ‘If there
was an apocalypse, I’d be glad she’s here!’”
