Interestingly enough, Mr. Norton (the disfigured woman riding with Dementius) is played by Hemsworth's wife (Elsa Pataky) who also plays the vuvavilini soldier who bids farewell to Furiosa's mother at the beginning.
Can't help but wonder if they're in fact meant to be the same character, years later, after the destruction of the land of abundance and torture of their dwellers, who might have gone mad and decided to join dementius.
But see, that's precisely why I disagree with the opinion that not enough is shown or explained about some charachters: I love that Miller just lifts the veil high enough for us to catch a glimpse of the possible history/fate of characters, the history of the world or the relationship dynamics between character. it lets the imagination run wild and doesn't follow the prosaic structure of pausing the film for exposition. It's a rich, fully dwelled-in world with its own culture, language and history, and although you're not meant to understand it all, you don't need to and you still get a sense of its richness.
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