Was Blaster from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" the same character as the big farmhand from "Mad Max"?
In the movie "Mad Max", there was a large farmhand character. In the "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" movie, Max fights a masked giant in the dome. I have always imagined it was the same character (big farmboy) from "Mad Max" that had managed to survive the apocolypse by way of his brawn (as "Blaster"). When Max unmasks him, Blaster smiles a "No hard feelings" smile at Max. Is Blaster in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" supposed to be the same character as the farmhand in "Mad Max"?
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While this sounds like an awesome theory, I'd have to go with "No, they are not."
The farmhand, when Max met him, was an older man, looking well into his early 60s. Judging from Blaster's physique in Thunderdome and given that the third film takes place 15 years after the farmhand scene from the original Mad Max, the farmhand would have been well into his 70s by that point. Regardless of how in shape you are, at that age your skin isn't going to look like a glistening professional wrestler. Especially in a dystopian environment like in the Mad Max films.
I always attributed that look to Blaster's perceived lack of intelligence, yet understanding of "this is how the world works."
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Is Blaster the guy from Mad Max?
Since prolific actor Angelo Rossitto also portrayed Master, that meant three actors played the two-man Master Blaster all in all. Every Mad Max villain fits into the franchise's mythology, but Master Blaster was unusual in being a surprisingly sympathetic portrayal of the classic \u201cmouth and muscle\u201d villain combination.Who played master Blaster in Beyond Thunderdome?
"Blaster" was played by two people - Stephen Hayes who played unmasked Blaster and Paul Larsson - a plumber from Sydney who played masked Blaster. He was selected because he was 6'8" ft (207cm) tall.Are all Mad Max connected?
There's no connection between them at all. This is the second time Miller has used a major actor twice in Max's films \u2014 Bruce Spence played two very similar but ultimately different characters in The Road Warrior and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.Which Mad Max has Master Blaster?
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - Master Blaster Scene (3/9) | Movieclips - YouTube.More answers regarding was Blaster from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" the same character as the big farmhand from "Mad Max"?
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There is nothing to state that the farmhand and Blaster were the same person. Both seemed to have Down's Syndrome or a similar condition. I think the farmhand may well be May's son and if May was Jessie's aunt, so Max may well identify with Blaster as similar to the man in the first movie who may well be his wife's first cousin.
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