Mad Max and Furiosa’s stunt doubles fell in love for real

IT looks like Mad Max and Furiosa fell in love after all. Well, almost. Their stunt doubles ended up falling for each other and marrying — which is just as good.

IT looks like Mad Max and Furiosa fell in love after all.

Well, almost.

While everyone was rooting for Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s characters to end up together in this year’s epic action flick Mad Max: Fury Road, behind the scenes, their stunt doubles were getting a bit of action of their own.

Dane and Dayna Grant, after weeks spent filling in for the Hollywood stars in the Namib desert — taking apart firearms, dangling off speeding trucks and punching each other in the face — ended up falling for each other.

“I saw Dayna straight away — she was the only girl from New Zealand and she stood out like a sore thumb,” Dane, who was Hardy’s original stunt double before fellow Kiwi Jacob Tomuri came on-board, told stuff.co.nz.

“I saw her bag with her name on it and my opening line was literally, ‘Hi. I see you’re Dayna. I’m Dane.’ That was about it.”

My husband @DaneGrant and I on set were we met #MadMaxFuryRoad #Furiosa pic.twitter.com/fJsF6ZPJ6Z

— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 20, 2015

Fast forward three years and the stunt performer couple is living in New Zealand with their one-year-old son Ryder, running the NZ Stunt School which Dayna founded in 2010.

“We’ve said it before and it’s quite cheesy, but it really was love at first sight. While we were punching each other we were falling for each other — quite rapidly,” Dane said.

Stealing a quick moment with my gorgeous and talented @Daynastunts between takes on #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/8pCSpMGSHO

— Dane DC Grant (@DaneGrant) May 16, 2015

Charlize and I on set.... pic.twitter.com/F7cF0hkpqb

— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) June 4, 2015

Originally published as Mad Max and Furiosa’s stunt doubles fell in love for real