Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy admit to 'Fighting' on set of Mad Max: Fury Road

Almost seven years after the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron spilled the tea on what really went down with her co-star Tom Hardy, and addressed the alleged feud that began on the set of the 2015 hit movie.

In an excerpt of Kyle Buchanan's new book, Blood, Sweat and Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road, published by Vanity Fair on Feb. 22,  the two stars—who played reluctant allies Furiosa and Max in the 2015 box office smash hit—addressed their contentious rift while making the high-octane action film. Looking back, Charlize likened their on-set spat to "two parents" arguing in the front of the car while the kids sat in the backseat.

"We were either fighting or we were icing each other—I don't know which one is worse—and they had to deal with it in the back," she said, referring to the rest of the cast. "It was horrible! We should not have done that; we should have been better. I can own up to that."

Also starring Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, and Zoë Kravitz, the movie was shot on-location in the middle of a desert. Charlize remembered it being a "tough shoot," though she admitted that it was not an excuse for "bad behavior."

"Now, I have a very clear perspective on what went down. I don't think I had that clarity when we were making the movie," she added. "I was in survival mode; I was really scared s--tless."