Michaell Fassbender recalls his disastrous audition for Mad Max: Fury Road, explaining how everything fell apart and why he couldn’t wait to leave.

Fury Road blitzed its way into theaters over a decade ago, with Tom Hardy in the titular role and Charlize Theron as Furiousa, the new addition to the universe and the star of the recent prequel film – played by Anya Taylor Joy.

Fury Road, Michael Fassbender was another of the actors up for the part. When reminiscing about the audition, the former X-Men star reveals a genuine ordeal where nothing seemed to go right for him, least of all in front of director George Miller.