Fans are divided after finding out that Chris Hemsworth is set to play the lead villain in Mad Max: Furiosa. Kyle Buchanan’s tell-all book Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road revealed that Hemsworth will play the lead villain in the upcoming prequel film.

Per The Independent, Warner Bros. pushed back the film’s release date by a year to May 24, 2024 (it had originally been set for June 2023). George Miller is returning to write and direct the film, which is being touted as Australia’s biggest production ever. The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy is set to play the lead role as Furiosa, which was played by Charlize Theron in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Tom Burke are also part of the cast.

While some fans are happy about Hemsworth’s casting, others aren’t too sure about watching their “favorite” superhero turn into a villain. See what they had to say below:

• The Yassification Of Immortan Joe

  The yassification of Immortan Joe https://t.co/oBq9bbfK6D

  — Claire M. (@claire__mrcl) March 1, 2022

• Hemsworth Is Better As A Villain

  https://twitter.com/CarterMart1n/status/1498481962130059273?s=20&t=dlbdZpUBVfmy8atOiHo-uw

• Only Grotesque Men

  This is outrageous,Mad Max villains should only be grotesque looking middle age man that are freaks,George you better know what you are doing 😭 https://t.co/xwy8KcfXv5

  — Sleep Deprived Jerry Chen @jerryasleep.bsky.social (@jerryasleep) March 1, 2022

• Villain Once Again

  He was great as the villain in bad times at the el Royale so he’ll probably kill it here as well https://t.co/URY5Mwqbaj

  — ✨Sam✨ (@AGalaxyDivided) February 28, 2022

• In His Villain Era

  My man in his villain era https://t.co/5YaQwdhiBX

  — sam | fr mike era (@scottinaussie) March 1, 2022

• You Either Die A Norse God...

  https://twitter.com/theonenamedLos/status/1498559587611467777?s=20&t=Jd4VR_NKhOYNZW_RMEkswA

• All In

  "Dr. Dementus" is about as Mad Max a villain name as it gets. I'm all in on this. https://t.co/GQQtZemknz

  — Tom Palleschi (@TomPalleschi1) February 19, 2022

• He's Too Cool For That

  Chris Hemsworth as a Villain in mad max, he’s too cool for that guys.
  Who’s gonna be the protagonist?
  Perhaps it’d be Andrew Garfield, just me guessing.
  Mad max series are hard core guys

  — Nnamdi, MD (@Enigma_Gpes) February 28, 2022

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