20 Things You Somehow Missed In Mad Max: Fury Road

9. Max Actually Caused The Splendid Angharad's Death

Mad Max Fury Road
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Despite being an important piece of character work, this is easily missed. One of the film's most shocking moments is the death of Joe's pregnant wife The Splendid Angharad (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), which was actually indirectly caused by Max himself.

Earlier in the film, Max shoots a bullet at Angharad when she tries to stop him stealing the War Rig, and the bullet grazes her leg, causing blood to trickle down it.

Ultimately Angharad ends up slipping on this very blood and falling from the rig, after which she's run over and killed by Joe's vehicle. So, if Max hadn't wounded her, she and her baby most likely would've survived. Oof.

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