DiCaprio stuntman hand loss.Byline: By LIZ LIZ Elizabeth LIZ Lisette LIZ Leather Institute of Zimbabwe HODGSON A SPECIAL-effects man on Leonardo DiCaprio's new film lost a hand when a stunt went wrong. Producers of Blood Diamond - about the civil war in Sierra Leone over control of diamond mines - have already been criticised for using amputees as extras. Now it has been revealed crew member Edward Visage lost his hand when an explosive device went off. A source in South Africa said: "Warner Bros were too cheap to bring in a special-effects guy from the US. "They used a local guy and he lost a hand." But another source said: "Visage is a professional special-effects technician. The studio has provided him with a prosthetic pros·thet·ic adj. 1. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis. 2. Of or relating to prosthetics. prosthetic serving as a substitute; pertaining to prostheses or to prosthetics. hand and compensation and he is now back to work." CAPTION(S): JINX jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. : Leonardo |
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