A film extra is suing Warner Bros after sustaining major injuries on the set of the axed Batgirl film in Glasgow.
Cristina Stanovici, 35, was hit by a speeding motorbike carrying camera equipment while playing a bystander in late-night scenes filmed in the city centre for the DCEU movie.
Stanovici, an engineer, has said it would have been ‘easier if she had died’ after facing multiple operations on her broken bones and injuries.
She sustained a broken thigh, shin, hip, pelvis and thumb – as well as a head gash – in the collision.
Stanovici, who is 5ft 1in tall, says she has been ‘traumatised’ by the ordeal, which also left her with a rod in her femur that runs from hip to knee, and is still in pain – with more operations in her future.
She also claimed she almost died on the operating table after her five-hour femur surgery saw her require five blood transfusions, staying in hospital for nine days in total.
‘To hear the anaesthesiologist say “we had our fingers crossed for you” really sends a chill down your spine,’ Stanovici told The Sun.
‘The surgeon told me it was one of the worst cases he has seen in his eight years at the hospital.’
Recalling the accident, Stanovici, who said she applied to be an extra ‘to have a bit of fun’ and see what making a movie involved, described how the production had a motorcycle ‘with cameras on top of it that was filming’.
‘It hit me from the right side and I went flying in the air.
‘I started screaming to get the attention of the paramedics as I remembered seeing an ambulance on site in the previous days.’
The Yoker local, who is still in pain 17 months on, said that she lay on the floor ‘for almost an hour’ while she was stabilised and checked before being rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
A report was filed with the Health and Safety Executive, which regulates workplace wellbeing.
Batgirl, which starred In The Heights actress Leslie Grace in the titular role, alongside Brendan Fraser, JK Simmons and even another Batman cameo for Michael Keaton, filmed in Scotland between November 2021 and March 2022.
However, in August 2022, when the movie – which had an estimated budget of $80million – was deep in post-production, it was abruptly revealed that the film was being shelved as part of a cost-saving move for under CEO David Zaslav’s new regime.
Batgirl had been earmarked for release on Warner Bros Discovery’s streaming platform HBO Max (now simply ‘Max’).
Metro.co.uk has contacted Warner Bros Discovery for comment.
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