While Mel Gibson also wore the shoulder pad in 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' (1985, left), Beaven tells Yahoo that 'Fury Road' gained most of its inspiration from 1981's 'Road Warrior.' "The Max ...

Of all of Mel Gibson’s famous roles, none is probably as recognizable as Mad Max. And yet, with Mad Max: Fury Road, the baton for the character was seemingly passed from Gibson to Tom Hardy ...

Mel Gibson on the set of Mad Max in 1979. Aside from his work as an actor, Gibson has also made a name for himself as a director. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover starred in 'Lethal Weapon' together.

Mel Gibson is one of those celebrities where you forget that he exists until he shows up randomly at a Hollywood premiere. Such was the case recently, when the Lethal Weapon star showed up at the ...

In 1979, a movie called Mad Max premiered and thusly introduced the world to a young Australian actor by the name of Mel Gibson.The film ended up spawning two sequels and now, three decades after ...

Actors Mel Gibson (L) and Tom Hardy attend the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Mad Max: Fury Road” at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 7, 2015 in Hollywood, California. | Kevin Winter/Getty Images ...

Mel Gibson on the set of Mad Max in 1979. At the panel, Gibson reminisced about his three Mad Max films, which tracked his character through different points in the apocalypse.