Charlize Theron says she ‘didn’t feel safe’ on Mad Max: Fury Road set after Tom Hardy feud

Theron added: “I was in survival mode; I was really scared s***less.” Tensions reached a peak when Hardy arrived on set three hours late despite apparently knowing that Theron had arrived early. Speaking about the moment, Mark Goellnicht, the film’s camera operator, recounts how Theron started swearing at the actor, who then "charged up to her" and said "What did you say to me?" The South African actress had shouted: “Fine the f***ing c*** a hundred thousand dollars for every minute that he’s held up this crew.” [caption id="attachment_318917" align="alignnone" width="640"] Tom Hardy has admitted he was 'in over his head' during filming for Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)[/caption] Goellnicht added: “He might’ve heard some of it, but he charged up to her and went, ‘What did you say to me?’ He was quite aggressive." After this flashpoint, Theron was assigned a producer to be by her side at all times because she felt "threatened." She said: “It got to a place where it was kind of out of hand. I didn't feel safe." Theron added: “I don’t want to rehash things, but it came out of a really bad moment where things kind of came to blows between me and Tom.” [caption id="attachment_318919" align="alignnone" width="640"] Theron played Imperator Furiosa in the film, and reckons the self-preservation mindset of her and Hardy's characters rubbed off on the pair of them in real life (Warner Bros.)[/caption] Hardy has since responded to the claims made in the book, acknowledging that he was "in over [his] head in many ways." Theron has also admitted that the two of them "should have been better." Director George Miller said that because the film was a story about self-preservation, this mindset developed in both Theron and Hardy. Theron also thought the same, saying that her and Hardy were "functioning like our characters" and that "everything was about survival."

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