Why Baz Luhrmann Changed the Ending of ‘Australia’ When Turning the Film Into Hulu’s ‘Faraway Downs’ TV Series
variety.comHunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the film “Australia” and the limited series “Faraway Downs,” now streaming on Hulu.
Fifteen years after the release of his 2008 epic romance “Australia,” Baz Luhrmann still struggles to find the right words to sum up its production.
In this particular interview, he settles on one –– “fraught.” While shooting the film on location across its namesake continent, the native Australian director tried not to take it personally when the set-trained horses contracted a rare equine flu, or when the portion of the outback where they were filming received its first major rainfall in 150 years.
But one thing after another repeatedly delayed production, and tested the cast and crew’s resilience. “I don’t know why I’m addicted to making things that seem impossible to make,” Luhrmann tells Variety. “But of all my films, I have never faced the level of relentless obstacles I did on this one.
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