Miller was speaking atCinemaConon Monday in Las Vegas where he received the International Career Achievement in Filmmaking Award.

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Eventually however, I kept going.

George Miller

George Miller at CinemaCon on MondayJerod Harris/Getty Images for CinemaCon

It really stuck with me and one thing led to another and we ended up writing a film.

The idea was to make a movie that relies entirely on visual language.

It was not, however, originally conceived as set in an apocalyptic world.

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Not only the backstory of every character, but every prop, every vehicle.

They ended up being a screenplay and one was a novella.

We did it just for the actors and the crew so they could understand it.

So whenFury Roadworked, I thought, This is a rich story to tell.

Miller said hed seen Taylor-Joy in Edgar WrightsLast Night in Soho.

Theres something about her … something mystical but accessible.

I realized he was somebody who has a lot more dimensions to him than I had initially thought.

I think for me he is, as they say in Australia, the complete article.