Quaden Bayles' blockbuster new role
A young Indigenous boy with dwarfism, who captured hearts after an emotional plea to his school bullies went viral, has been offered a role in the new Mad Max movie.
Quaden Bayles, an 11-year-old Queensland boy with achondroplasia, went viral in 2020 after his mother live-streamed a video on Facebook following the latest cruel bullying incident.
The heartbreaking video, in which Quaden asks for a knife so he can kill himself, captured the world’s attention and Quaden received support from celebrities like Australia’s A-listers such as Hugh Jackman, Mark Hamill and Jon Bernthal.
The boy’s anguish was also seen by Oscar-winning Australian filmmaker George Miller, who invited Quaden to appear in his upcoming film Three Thousand Years of Longing, which is due for release next month.
Miller was so impressed with Quaden’s performance in the film, which also stars Hollywood heavyweights Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, that he invited him to appear as an extra in his next film Furiosa.
Furiosa is set to be the fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise and a prequel to 2015’s smash hit Mad Max: Fury Road.
“It was good for us and it was good for him,” Miller told Good Weekend magazine.
“And he did such a good job that he’s got a small role in Furiosa.”
Due for release in 2024, Furiosa will star Anya Taylor-Joy and Australia’s Chris Hemsworth, and is expected to focus on the origins of Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa character, who was introduced in the six-time Academy Award winning Mad Max: Fury Road.
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