David Gulpilil, famed australian actor and supporting cast member of Baz Luhrmann’s latest film Australia, was rushed to hospital on the evening of December 4th after suffering chest pains whilst on a plane. The incident occurred during a flight from Brisbane to Sydney and once grounded the actor was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
A spokesperson from the hospital has since passed on a few reassuring words from David, “He wanted us to let you know that he was stable.”
Australia production spokesman Steve Newman said the actor was on his way to Sydney for a series of close-up shots.
Adding, “The latest information I got about mid-morning was that David was stable and would be undergoing tests this afternoon to find what the problem is [...] The doctor’s reports sound very promising and we’re hopeful that he will be released (today).”
australiamovie.net wishes David all the best and a speedy recovery!
sources ntnews, thewest
December 5th, 2007
Nicole Kidman has revealed that Australia is a movie that she has “dreamed of making” since she was a child. She told People News, “It’s just extraordinary in epic-ness. This is the kind of film that I dreamt of making as a little girl. For ‘Moulin Rouge’ we did everything in the studio but for this we’ve been on location the entire time - in Darwin, up in Queensland and then camping out in tents in the middle of the desert.”
Kidman also said that working without a green screen was one of the highlights of working on the film, “Green screen is definitely not my favourite thing. I became an actor because I wanted to act with other actors. That’s been the beauty of Baz’s film - you are on location breathing the air, feeling the impact of the sunsets.”
Kidman’s co-star, Eddie Baroo, has also been chatting about how much he has enjoyed being part of Australia, and has expressed his admiration for his co-stars, “They’re brilliant. I’m not just saying that, they’re brilliant. It’s probably the worst-kept secret that Hugh’s one of the best blokes running around the world. I wish I could tell you why they’re unreal. I tell ya what, when the film gets released and I’m able to talk more, I’ll be able to tell you about the first day I met Hugh. Very, very funny, very funny.”
Eddie Baroo was not allowed to discuss his role in the movie, but we remember him from an image posted right here on this site…
This image is already featured in our gallery and shows Eddie Baroo grappling with the Drover. It would appear that he is apparently about to throw the Drover out of a window, and it could be that Baroo will feature in the scene where the Drover first meets Lady Ashley after a brawl in a Darwin pub. Could australiamovie.net be correct in our assumption? We will have to wait and see!
sources: People News, Geelong Advertiser
December 4th, 2007
