Bullied indigenous boy Quaden Bayles' blockbuster next move

Quaden Bayles has been offered small roles in blockbuster movies coming out soon, including Furiosa. Photo / Instagram / quaden_the_kid

An Aboriginal boy with dwarfism who captured the world's hearts after he was mercilessly bullied has landed a role in the upcoming Mad Max movie.

Quaden Bayles, an 11-year-old Queensland boy with achondroplasia, went viral in 2020 after his mother live-streamed a video on Facebook following the latest cruel bullying incident.

Quaden and his mother Yarraka Bayles are sobbing throughout the emotional clip as the young boy asks for a knife so he can kill himself.

The heartbreaking video captured the world's attention and Quaden received support from celebrities like Australia's Hugh Jackman, Mark Hamill and Jon Bernthal.

Quaden - you’ve got a friend in me. #BeKind @LokelaniHiga https://t.co/8dr3j2z8Sy pic.twitter.com/jyqtZYC953

— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) February 20, 2020

Bullying hurts real people! I wish @RealHughJackman or @chrishemsworth could show this young man he’s already a superhero for surviving and that he’s stronger than he thinks. It breaks my heart 💔 https://t.co/eLe082yE15

— Lokelani Higa (@LokelaniHiga) February 20, 2020

Hey little man. For what it’s worth you have taught my family so much. You have inspired us and in our home you are a hero. Thank you for your courage, stay strong the world is watching and you have so much beautiful power. From me and my boys. We are with you and we thank you. https://t.co/QuTL0vvnor

— Jon Bernthal (@jonnybernthal) February 20, 2020

The boy's plight was also seen by Oscar-winning Australian filmmaker George Miller, who invited Quaden to appear in his upcoming film Three Thousand Years of Longing.

Due for release in Australia next month, Three Thousand Years of Longing stars Hollywood heavyweights Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton and was filmed in Sydney.

Miller was so impressed with Quaden's performance that he invited him to appear as an extra in his next film Furiosa, the fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise and a prequel to 2015's smash hit Mad Max: Fury Road.

"It was good for us and it was good for him," Miller told Good Weekend magazine.

"And he did such a good job that he's got a small role in Furiosa."

Yarraka Bayles live-streamed her son's situation back in February 2020 to show the effects bullying can have.

"I've just picked my son up from school, witnessed a bullying episode, rang the principal, and I want people to know - parents, educators, teachers - this is the effect that bullying has," she said in the video.

"Every single... day, something happens. Another episode, another bullying, another taunt, another name-calling.

"This is what bullying does.

"Can you please educate your children, our families, your friends... you wonder why kids are killing themselves?"

Yarraka Bayles later said Quaden had continually dealt with bullying and discrimination because of his race and disability.

"We are losing way too many people because of bullying, because of discrimination, because of racism. There's so many factors of bullying," she said.

"It's every parent's worst nightmare, losing their babies, and for me that's my reality every day."

"With a disability, people don't understand that's a double-edged sword. There's racism and then there's discrimination because of the disability."

Due for release in 2024, Furiosa will star Anya Taylor-Joy and Australia's Chris Hemsworth.

The movie is expected to focus on the origins of Charlize Theron's Imperator Furiosa character, who was introduced in the six-time Academy Award-winning Mad Max: Fury Road.

Filming started in New South Wales back in June.