14 DAY TRIAL // Shooting for “The Great Gatsby” went on a holiday break sooner than scheduled after director Baz Luhrmann was injured on the set a couple of days ago. He required medical assistance for the injury but is now just fine.
Luhrmann is shooting for the 3D film in Sydney, Australia. The entire team was pushing to get everything done before going home for the holidays when the accident happened.
According to TMZ, the director hit his head on a camera and split it open. He was taken to the hospital immediately and the production was shut down.
“Director Baz Luhrmann hit his head on a camera crane while filming 'The Great Gatsby' in Sydney and the injury shut down production for the holidays earlier than expected,” the celebrity e-zine writes.
Co-producer Anton Monsted has confirmed the news for the media, underlining that Baz is now ok.
“We were on quite a cramped set and he was ducking under the crane. He struck his head on the weights on the end of the camera crane. He split open his head and we had to get the doctor,” Monsted is quoted as saying.
As per TMZ, the director was taken to the hospital, received treatment and was then released.
“Luhrmann required three stitches and the producers decide to send everyone home for the holidays a day early,” says the celebrity e-zine.
“The Great Gatsby” boasts a stellar cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Gemma Ward, Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke,.
Warner Bros. released the first promo shots for the film in mid-December and they did not fail to cause quite an impression on movie buffs, as we also reported at the time.
With a budget of over $100 million (€74.9 million) and shot entirely in 3D, the film tells the story of a budding writer who comes to New York hoping this would be the place to make his literary aspirations come to life.
He encounters here a world of jazz, pleasure, luxury and debauchery, and gets completely lost in it.
“The Great Gatsby” is out in theaters one year from now.