Fury Road Character Was Almost Cut From The Film

Luckily, Miller and his team figured out a way to use the Doof Warrior, whose flame-spewing guitar and perfect music ended up providing one of the film's defining images. In case you were curious about his guitar, another tidbit Buchanan revealed is that the instrument actually spat out flames on set and played music, forgoing special effects.

According to production designer Colin Gibson, "It shot flames, it looked beautiful, it had 60 moving parts. I was really proud of it, and then George [Miller] came to visit and said, 'I'm really looking forward to hearing it play.' For some reason, I hadn't imagined that when we were out in the middle of the desert with 36 V8s rolling, that we would actually need the guitar to make sound. Fortunately, one of my salvage artists was a guitarist and was able to make it work."

Ultimately, the Doof Warrior — who comes with his own complex backstory courtesy of Miller — remains one of Fury Road's most popular characters, lending even more excitement and spectacle to a movie already full of amazing thrills. It's definitely a good thing that he stayed in the film.