Leonardo DiCaprio Suffers Injury While Filming in Mozambique
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Actor Leonardo DiCaprio suffered a minor leg injury while filming in Mozambique, his publicist said Saturday.
The accident happened Friday on the set of "Blood Diamond," Ken Sunshine said in a statement. He provided no details of the incident.
DiCaprio "received medical attention and was back at work today," Sunshine said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}As a precaution, he was flown to the Nelspruit Medi-Clinic in neighboring South Africa for X-rays, the Johannesburg-based newspaper The Citizen reported. He was accompanied by a medic and bodyguards, the paper said.
Hospital officials were not immediately available to comment.
"Blood Diamond," a Warner Bros. Pictures action drama directed by Edward Zwick, went into production in South Africa and Mozambique in February.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Set against the backdrop of Sierra Leone's bloody civil war, it tells the story of a South African mercenary, played by DiCaprio, and a local fisherman who join forces to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform both their lives.
The film also stars Academy Award-winner Jennifer Connelly as an American journalist and Djimon Housou as the Sierra Leonean fisherman.