When Gibson went to Mad Max’s casting, he wasn’t actually auditioning, he just went to support his sister, who was the one looking to be cast. He caught everyone’s attention because the night before he had been involved in a bar fight, so he still looked a little roughed up. When he saw him like that, director George Miller thought about giving him a role as an extra and told him to come back in a few days. When they met again, Gibson looked very different and attractive, which surprised the director so much that he offered him the lead role in Mad Max, thus making his sudden jump to world fame.