Bowen Shoot Begins Today!

Filming of Australia began at Bowen today. The excitement there has now reached fever pitch, and now that filming has begun, there is bound to be lots more news and images over the weeks to come! Nicole Kidman arrived in town yesterday with husband, Keith Urban. It has been revealed that Jackman’s character is a “hard-working, hard-drinking, brawling ringer”, and that he and Lady Ashley will meet for the first time at the Territory Hotel. The stars were greeted today with an Aboriginal “welcome to country” ceremony, and it was here that Luhrmann said of the production, “We have a big creative challenge ahead. But we can all see and feel how this is a really pristine spot, and cinema needs magic, and this place feels very magical to us.”

Sources: Daily Telegraph, Townsville Bulletin

May 14th, 2007