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Jul 3, 2021 · Paul Larsson played the body of Master Blaster, the sympathetic villain of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, alongside Angelo Rossitto and Stephen Hayes. Learn why the filmmakers needed to cast two actors as one character and how it enhanced the post-apocalyptic vision.
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Paul Larsson is an actor who appeared in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Altered States and The Kidnapping of the President. IMDb provides his contact info, resume, credits and personal details.
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Master is the brains and Blaster is the brawn when it comes to running the massive methane power plant, Underworld, located underneath Bartertown, Master exercises his will while Blaster uses his imposing size to keep the workers in line.
The very first notion for Master Blaster came from Miller's idea about a really tiny man who can barely move on top a giant, like a sparrow on the back of a rhinoceros. This idea was later refined by Miller's curiosity on how different people would have survived the apocalypse. According to him, some people would have sufficient overall skills to make it through whereas others would only have partial skills needed to survive. That is why Blaster was envisioned as physically very powerful but mentally weak whereas Master was the polar opposite. Their symbiosis was essential to their survival and that is why they formed a unit.
The name "Master Blaster" was Terry Hayes' idea.
Master saw himself as the true leader of Bartertown (even forcing Aunty Entity to admit it over loudspeaker) and as such imposed "embargoes" (that would eventually lead to his downfall) that would cut off Bartertown from the power he produced. Max was sent to observe Master and Blaster in Underworld where he learnt that Blaster was extremely sensitive to a high-pitched whistle that Max found in the wasteland, this later gave him the edge he needed to challenge Blaster to a fight in the Thunderdome.
Max defeated Blaster in combat. However, as he was about to be killed it was revealed that Blaster had a child-like mind. Master jumped in to defend him and threatened to cut off Bartertown from power forever. Unfortunately, this led to Blaster's execution and Master's imprisonment in the pig pens beneath Bartertown. However, soon after this he was freed and escaped from Aunty Entity and her forces on board a train stolen from Underworld, and later on the plane used by Jedediah. It is presumed that Master went to settle the old ruins of Sydney with Savannah Nix and her Tribe That Left.
Contrary to popular belief - Blaster was played by two people. Paul Larsson - a plumber from Sydney played masked Blaster due to his enormous physical posture. He was 6'8"ft tall (207cm) and it was his screen debut. When the movie called for the reveal of Blaster's face - Stephen Hayes was utilised for this role. Stephen Hayes was an actor with Dow...
•Both Master and Blaster represented the in/equality of physical and mental disabilities within a dystopian environment. Together, Master had dwarfism, with his actor Angelo Rossitto being only 2'11", whilst Blaster, portrayed by Paul Larsson (body) and Stephen Hayes (face), had Down Syndrome.
•"Blaster" was played by two people - Stephen Hayes who played unmasked Blaster and Paul Larsson - a plumber from Sydney who played masked Blaster. He was selected because he was 6'8" ft (207cm) tall. It was his screen debut.
•Rossitto recalled that working with pigs was very fun and they were not vicious animals at all. In fact, the production crew had to put on molasses on his arms to give the impression that pigs were trying to eat "Master" in his 'torture scene'. The only concern was that pigs would knock the actor down and step on him, but Oliver Hall (hired also as one of Aunty Entity's guards) protected the actor off screen with long sticks to make sure nothing would happen to him.
•"Master" stunt double was almost a foot and a half taller than Rossitto. The double worked only for one day and they sent him home.
•In his first appearance and up until the Thunderdome fight, Master speaks in what appears to be broken English. However, when he jumps to try to care for Blaster after Max stops the fight, he speaks normally and continues to do so for the rest of the film.
•Fallout 3's add-on The Pitt featured a perk named "Pitt Fighter", which depicts Vault Boy wearing armour identical to Blaster's.
1.Preuve, 1985
2.http://happysadconfused.wolfpop.com/audio/25412/george-miller
3.Fangoria, January 1986
4.Fangoria, January 1986
Paul Larsson is known for Altered States (1980), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and The Kidnapping of the President (1980).
Paul Larsson as The Blaster, Master's enormous, silent bodyguard, who is revealed to have an intellectual disability. Angry Anderson as Ironbar Bassey, the head of Bartertown's security and Aunty's top henchman.
Paul Larsson was a character actor who appeared in several 1980s films, such as Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Altered States. See his highest and lowest rated movies, his birth date and place, and his filmography on Rotten Tomatoes.
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