Movie star Johnny Depp injured in Australia
Xinhua, March 11, 2015 Adjust font size:
Actor Johnny Depp will fly back to the U.S. from Australia for surgery after injuring his hand on his latest film set.
It was not clear how Depp sustained the injury, but it was reportedly not on the set of the Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which is being filmed in a rain forest in southern Queensland.
The famed actor is the star of the immensely successful film franchise now in its fifth episode.
The Variety movie industry magazine first reported the injury on Wednesday, and the film's publicist then confirmed Depp would fly back to the U.S. for treatment.
The film, with a reported 190 million U.S. dollar budget, has been in production for several weeks at a secret location near the Gold Coast tourist city.
It was also disrupted on Tuesday when a man with a parrot on his shoulder and dressed as a pirate tried to disrupt filming on the set.
He was armed with a knife, but ran into the rain forest and disappeared. Endi