With his Mars squaring her Pluto, it’s no wonder that there were fireworks of the explosive kind on the set of Mad Max between Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. They reportedly found it difficult to work together, although they blame the harsh filming environment for at least some of the challenges.
Mars-Pluto aspects can be dramatic, intense, and dangerous – the perfect energy to fuel the lead actors in this kind of high-octane action film. Pluto relates to the destructive forces of nature, so it’s no surprise that with such a dramatic aspect triggered between them, nature – in this case the unforgiving desert – showed up as a major presence in the film.
Hardy’s Venus in Leo is square Theron’s Mars in Taurus. A Venus-Mars square in a relationship chart can often signal the kind of sparks that keep things charged in a good way – behind closed doors. And that smoldering tension showed up onscreen too. But the astrological signs here are telling. His attention-seeking Venus probably felt blocked by and frustrated with the stubborn side of her Mars. And ultimately her will probably dominated the show, with her Leo Sun taking center stage to his naturally more humble Virgo Sun. Although I’m sure he had plenty of criticism about her…
Still, there seems to have been a certain amount of respect and admiration between them. At the end of filming, Hardy left Theron a note that read, “You are an absolute nightmare, but you are also fucking awesome. I’ll kind of miss you.” There’s of course a jab there, with the words “kind of,” and yet, their synastry suggests the sentiment is honest, if complicated. There are many positive, close contacts between planets in their relationship chart. His Sun in Virgo trines her Mars and sextiles her Saturn, his Venus trines her Jupiter, his Mars in Cancer sextiles her Venus in Virgo, and her Venus sextiles his Uranus in Scorpio.
Source: Actors Who Could Barely Look At Their Co-Stars by Nicki Swift
