Baz Luhrmann Hurt: 'Great Gatsby' Director Hurt on Australian Film Set

Having a cast which includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, Baz Luhrmann can be used to seeing stars around the Australian group of 'The Great Gatsby.' Regrettably, now, the heavens he saw while filming the most recent screen version from the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic were from the cartoon variety. Luhrmann hit his mind on the camera weight while filming a scene, and needed three stitches to shut in the wound. Production was shut lower each day early for Christmas break following a director's injuries. "I was on a significant cramped set and that he was ducking underneath the crane," Anton Monsted, a co-producer around the film, told the Sydney Morning Herald. "He struck his mind around the weights around the finish from the camera crane. He split open his mind, and that we needed to obtain the physician." Warner Bros. didn't react to a request comment from THR. 'Gatsby,' which is among the greatest films to ever shoot in Sydney, arrives in theaters on Xmas Day the coming year. The film continues to be shooting around australia for 83 days so far -- the cast and crew will reconvene following the holidays to complete the shoot. Because if you think about great literary works, additionally you think about extra dimensions, 'The Great Gatsby' come in three dimensional. Luhrmann is better referred to as director of 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Moulin Rouge.' [Sydney Morning Herald via THR] [Photo: WB] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook