bullied boy with dwarfism lands role in new 'Mad MAX' movie

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Quaden Bayles, an Australian boy who won the support of celebrities and well-wishers around the globe after being bullied because of his disability, has landed a role in the new "MAD MAX" movie.

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Oscar-winning director George Miller has cast the now 11-year-old in a small role in the movie “Furiosa.”

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"Furiosa' is a prequel to his 2015 post-apocalyptic blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

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Miller revealed in an interview that he was moved to put Bayles on the big screen after watching The Distressing Video his mother shared of him in February 2020.

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In the 2020 viral video clip, Bayles is shown crying uncontrollably in the back of his mother’s car as he asks for a knife to kill himself.

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“This is what bullying does,” his mother, Yarraka Bayles, said in the video, livestreamed on Facebook to raise awareness of the impact of bullying.

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Bayles was born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism characterized by short stature, a normal-sized torso, and short limbs.

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The video also caught the attention of celebrities, including Australian actor Hugh Jackman, who posted a video message on Twitter telling Bayles: “No matter what, you’ve got a friend in me.”

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The boy is already scheduled to appear alongside Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Miller’s next film, “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”

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