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Immortan Joe
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe
First appearanceMad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Created byGeorge Miller
Brendan McCarthy
Nico Lathouris
Portrayed byHugh Keays-Byrne
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale

Immortan Joe is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road. He is portrayed by Hugh Keays-Byrne.[1][2] Immortan Joe also appears in the 2015 prequel comic series of the same name.[3][4]

Character description

In the film, Immortan Joe is the "ruler of the wasteland... He wears a clear, plastic carapace — chest armor — over oozing sores, his long, white hair flaring around a skeleton-smile mask he uses to hide a breathing apparatus." Several versions of his carapace, which display medals made from car and mobile phone parts, were created at Artisan Armours in the United Kingdom.[5]

Immortan Joe's third son, Scabrous Scrotus, was introduced in a spin-off video game.[6]

Reception

Writing about the film for ABC News, Michael Rothman described Immortan Joe as "a real bad guy who looks nothing like any villain that's ever graced the silver screen".[7] Vanity Fair's Joanna Robinson described him as "nightmarish" and "a fairly classic Miller creation with a skull fetish even a teenage goth would envy".[8] Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic wrote, "Perhaps the closest 2015 has gotten to providing fodder for 'Greatest Villains of All Time' lists was in Mad Max: Fury Road, where slaver-warlord Immortan Joe sported a nauseating headpiece and an equally nauseating dadbod."[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toecutter is back - but as a different villain in Mad Max: Fury Road". The Independent. May 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Guerrasio, Jason. "How this actor ended up playing 2 different villains in the 'Mad Max' franchise 36 years apart". Business Insider.
  3. ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road - Nux and Immortan Joe #1 Review - IGN" – via www.ign.com.
  4. ^ Koch, Cameron (May 20, 2015). "Mad Max: Fury Road: Nux & Immortan Joe #1 Review". Tech Times.
  5. ^ Harris, Rachel Lee (February 10, 2016). "Behind the Makeup and Costumes of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ^ "New Trailer for 'Mad Max' Game Introduces Immortan Joe's Latest Offspring". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^ "'Mad Max: Fury Road': A Primer on the Oscar-Winning Film". ABC News.
  8. ^ Nast, Condé. "New Mad Max: Fury Road Trailer Lets the Bad Guys Take the Wheel". Vanity Fair.
  9. ^ Kornhaber, Spencer (August 13, 2015). "'The Force Awakens': Does Anyone Want a Darth Vader 2.0?". The Atlantic.
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