7 things you didn’t know about the ‘Mad Max’ films

Like that lots of workers on the film got paid in beer.
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7 things you didn’t know about the ‘Mad Max’ films
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The latest entry in the long-running Mad Max series, Mad Max: Fury Road, surprised everyone with both its insane action sequences and its 10 Academy Award nominations.

But did you know the original Mad Max film was so cheap that it had to pay workers with beer? Our CineFix series, Things You Didn't Know, digs into the action-packed franchise’s humble roots, from the cosplay-fodder costumes to the reason so many people in that post-apocalyptic world are horribly deformed.

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Jonathan Keshishoglou

Jonathan Keshishoglou (he often shortens that last part to just "Kesh") was an editorial intern on the Mashable Watercooler team. Watch him ramble coherently on Twitter: @keshception


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