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A film extra is suing Warner Bros after sustaining major injuries on the set of the axed Batgirl film in Glasgow.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Stanovici, an engineer, has said it would have been \u2018easier if she had died\u2019 after facing multiple operations on her broken bones and injuries.<\/p>\n
She sustained a broken thigh, shin, hip, pelvis and thumb \u2013 as well as a head gash \u2013 in the collision.<\/p>\n
Stanovici, who is 5ft 1in tall, says she has been \u2018traumatised\u2019 by the ordeal, which also left her with a rod in her femur that runs from hip to knee, and is still in pain \u2013 with more operations in her future.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2018To hear the anaesthesiologist say \u201cwe had our fingers crossed for you\u201d really sends a chill down your spine,\u2019 Stanovici told The Sun.<\/p>\n
\u2018The surgeon told me it was one of the worst cases he has seen in his\u00a0eight years at the hospital.\u2019<\/p>\n
Recalling the accident, Stanovici, who said she applied to be an extra \u2018to have a bit of fun\u2019 and see what making a movie involved, described how the production had a motorcycle \u2018with cameras on top of it that was filming\u2019.<\/p>\n
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\u2018It hit me from the right side and I went flying in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I started screaming to get the attention of the paramedics as I remembered seeing an ambulance on site in the previous days.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Yoker local, who is still in pain 17 months on, said that she lay on the floor \u2018for almost an hour\u2019 while she was stabilised and checked before being rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.<\/p>\n
A report was filed with the Health and Safety Executive, which regulates workplace wellbeing.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
However, in August 2022, when the movie \u2013 which had an estimated budget of $80million \u2013 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\u2019s new regime.<\/p>\n
Batgirl had been earmarked for release on Warner Bros Discovery\u2019s streaming platform HBO Max (now simply \u2018Max\u2019).<\/p>\n