Editing Mel Gibson (section)

=== ''Mad Max'' series ===
{{Main|Mad Max (franchise)}}
Gibson got his breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]]'s ''[[Mad Max (film)|Mad Max]]''. The independently financed blockbuster helped to make him an international star. In the United States, the actors' Australian accents were dubbed with American accents.<ref name="Gilbey">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=201887|title=Been to hear any good films lately?|last=Gilbey|first=Ryan|date=July 25, 2001|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=July 20, 2010}}</ref> The original film spawned two sequels: ''[[Mad Max 2]]'' (known in North America as ''The Road Warrior'') and ''Mad Max 3'' (known in North America as ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]''). A fourth movie, ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), was made with [[Tom Hardy]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusive Exclusive: Writer-Director George Miller Announces 'Mad Max' As First Game From Creative Alliance With God of War II Director Cory Barlog |author=N'Gai Croal |date=March 12, 2008 |url=http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/03/12/filmmaker-george-miller-announces-mad-max-game-collaboration-with-cory-barlog.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603193929/http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/03/12/filmmaker-george-miller-announces-mad-max-game-collaboration-with-cory-barlog.aspx |archive-date=June 3, 2008 }}</ref>