Immortan Joe

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]

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

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 and some actual military insignia (such as the U.S. Navy officer cap insignia), 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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