Baz Luhrmann returns down under
THE FILMMAKER IS REVAMPING HIS EPIC AUSTRALIA, WITH NEW SERIES FARAWAY DOWNS
WORDS OLLY RICHARDS
Love blossoms in the outback for Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) and Drover (Hugh Jackman); Director-writer Baz Luhrmann (right) with Brandon Walters (as Nullah) and the late David Gulpilil (as King George); Kidman, Luhrmann and Jackman on set.
WHILE MOST PEOPLE’S pandemic projects stretched to breadmaking or breaking their nap record, Baz Luhrmann grappled with something bigger: retooling Australia, which, with its tepid reviews and average box-office takings in the US, proved to be the only flop of his career. In 2020, while Covid suspended filming on Elvis, Luhrmann decided to revisit his 2008 drama.