Nicholas Hoult "saw a lot of similarities" between his character in the menu and Fury Road's Mad Max: War Boys

While explaining how he views his creative process versus how the film's chef creates his dining experiences, Hoult actually compared preparing for the role as similar to preparing to be a war boy:< /p>

"I think there's some definite similarities between that and when we were prepping 'Mad Max'. All these War Boys that were following in Immortan Joe, they were all brainwashed the same way in terms of their devotion to go out and die in battle a noble heroic death and go to Valhalla for that person, that Lord they praised I saw a lot of similarities I guess between that cult of that character and the cult of Tyler towards Chief Slowik in this."< /p>

In "The Menu", Tyler is the ultimate fanboy, slavishly devoted to Chef Slowik, whose work he considers art. His whole personality is built around this gourmet identity, which makes him less of a self-actualized human being and more of a follower of a cult of culinary adornment. Nux is also obsessed with the word and approval of another man, Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), who rules over a small town of survivors in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Both men have allowed their entire lives to revolve around one other person, hinging their self-worth and identity on receiving even a little praise or attention from men older than themselves. they worship.