9 years later, a character from the video game Mad Max makes a cameo appearance in Furiosa

The video game Mad Max, developed by Avalanche, became a cult classic in later years and got many gamers' engines purring. While a sequel is out of the question, we have the next best thing: the return of one of the most popular characters in the new film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Spoilers for Furiosa follow. You have been warned!

Later in the film, Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) is on the warpath, hunting Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) after losing her arm.

As she searches the citadel for a vehicle, she speaks to several people – including one who leads her to a car without wheels. “Isn't she a beauty?” he says.

That voice and striking appearance might sound familiar. As the credits reveal (H/T ComicBook.com), the character is Chumbucket, the hunchbacked mechanic who helps Max on his quest in the 2015 video game.

Another character from the game, the villain Scrotus, also appears in Furiosa – meaning the Mad Max prequel has several references to its video game cousin.

Despite this, Furiosa director George Miller did not seem to be a fan of the Mad Max video game and instead suggested that his choice would fall on Hideo Kojima to take on The Wasteland.

“[It] wasn't as good as we wanted – it was out of our hands,” Miller told GamingBible.

“I'm one of those people who would rather not do anything unless they're doing it at the highest level,” Miller continued. “But I just spoke to Kojima here, who came all the way from Japan. If he took it on… but he's got so much amazing stuff on his mind himself, so I would never ask him. But if someone like him took it on, I couldn't do it.”

For more information on Furiosa, check out our spoiler explainers below:

9 years later, a character from the video game Mad Max makes a cameo appearance in Furiosa

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