Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On Stepping Away From ‘Furiosa’ Role: “I Knew Deep Down Inside That It Was Too Much And That I Needed To Rest”

Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II knew he had to be “honest” and true to himself as he stepped away from George Miller‘s Mad Max followup Furiosa.

In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused, the Wonder Man star noted how his years-long busy shooting schedule led him to prioritize rest over the action-thriller project.

Abdul-Mateen II noted he graduated from Yale School of Drama in 2015 and was already making frequent trips from New Haven, Conn. to New York City to film his breakout role in 2016’s The Get Down. After that, he went into filming early projects First Match and The Vanishing of Sidney Hall.

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