Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence was injured on the set of the Netflix movie Don’t look up, which is in production in and around Boston under the direction of Adam McKay, after a planned explosion in the early hours of Friday morning went wrong, making glass fly and cutting Lawrence close to his eye.
Sources say Lawrence is recovering after the incident, which halted production for the day.
According to the Boston Globe, the incident occurred during a special effects shoot at around 1:30 am local time, when a trash can hit a window, flying fragments. Some beat Lawrence, who the newspaper said was holding his face when the doctors arrived.
The comedy cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Matthew Perry and Tomer Sisley. It is not clear whether any of them were on set in Brockton, MA at the time of the incident.
McKay is writing, directing and co-producing Don’t look up along with Kevin Messick under the banner of McKay’s Hyperobject Industries. The film follows two low-level astronomers who embark on a media tour to warn humanity about the approach of an asteroid that will destroy the Earth.
The photo, taken by Netflix a year ago, has been filmed in Boston after its production was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.