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Despite the large-scale underperformance of her first major film as a leading star —Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Anya Taylor-Joy continues to prove that she is one of the most bankable draws as far as streaming is concerned. She entered the big leagues with the record-breaking success of The Queen’s Gambit, which remains one of Netflix’s most watched original shows of all time, even six years after its premiere. Taylor-Joy landed the highly sought-after titular role in George Miller‘s Mad Max prequel, taking over the character immortalized by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road. However, Furiosa barely recouped its reported $168 million budget in its box-office run, essentially ending the franchise for the time being.
A few months after Furiosa‘s release, Taylor-Joy starred in a streaming movie that has since emerged as an all-time blockbuster. The movie was directed by Doctor Strange and The Black Phone‘s Scott Derrickson, and also featured Miles Teller. It tells a genre-blending tale of a mysterious gorge, guarded on opposite sides by two snipers who strike up a friendship and embark upon a romance as their one-year posting unfolds. The film was released as a Valentine’s Day offering on Apple TV, but has seemingly managed to appeal to more than just couples. It combines elements of sci-fi and horror, and is equal parts a conspiracy thriller and a date movie.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Anya Taylor-Joy Has a Massive New Movie Lined Up
As of this weekend, according to FlixPatrol, it has spent 400 days on the domestic Apple TV charts. This puts the movie in question, The Gorge, in the same category as the streamer’s greatest hits — the Tom Hanks-led World War II thriller Greyhound and the Mark Wahlberg-led action comedy The Family Plan. The Gorge received mostly positive reviews upon release and is now sitting at a 62% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Mixing multiple genres, The Gorge makes for a surprisingly endearing romance until its action-thriller obligations steer proceedings back onto a more predictable path.” It’s the 74% audience score, however, that seems to be powering The Gorge to blockbuster success. Taylor-Joy will next star in Dune: Part Three, while Teller is set to appear in a supporting role in the Michael Jackson biopic. Stay tuned to Collider for more information.
