A few Germans are out to get Tom Cruise ‘American style’ in the courtroom.
Eleven extras on the set of Tommy’s Nazi-era flick, Rubicon (formerly known as Valkyrie), fell from the bed of a production truck during filming.
And, now, one of the extras has hired a lawyer to sue the film and said he wants to be paid damages — American-style damages.
The extra claims he knows other injured extras and that together they were entitled to millions in damages.
Tommy boy wasn’t on set the day the ‘accident’ happened.
The extra’s lawyer has placed ads searching for other victims on a special website to bolster their case. The lawyer says her clients have told her about other accidents involving extras, adding that her “main aim is to push for better safety standards on filmsets in Germany.” The situation on filmsets is inhumane, with bruises, sprains and lacerations the order of the day, the lawyer claims.
German authorities said there hadn’t been significant safety problems on the set, citing testimony from other extras, and that the accident had been caused because the extras failed to properly shut the truck’s tailgate.
The extra’s attorney says they’ve found other witnesses who are prepared to testify “that everyone on the set knew that the vehicles were in terrible shape.”
We feel bad for the German lawyer. Hollywood lawyers are ruthless!
But, they’ll probably end up settling!
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