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Blanchett, Dicaprio, Lawrence In Brockton For Netflix Flim

Filming on the Netflix comedy "Don't Look Up" continues in Brockton and other Massachusetts towns this week.

Jennifer Lawrence was injured during filming in Brockton last week. She is in Massachusetts to film a Netflix comedy with Leonard DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett.
Jennifer Lawrence was injured during filming in Brockton last week. She is in Massachusetts to film a Netflix comedy with Leonard DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. (Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

BROCKTON, MA — Brockton had to make many temporary changes to the Montello Street area in order to get ready for the filming of the upcoming Netflix movie, "Don't Look Up", the Brockton Enterprise reported. Filming started Feb. 4 and continued through this week.

The comedy, which is set to film in the Boston area and other surrounding cities, stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, and Timothée Chalamet, Yahoo News reported.

Jennifer Lawrence, who has top billing, was injured during filming in Brockton. A gone-wrong explosion effect had shot pieces of glass around set, one of which cut the actress in the eye area.

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Though "Don't Look Up" is the most recent, it is far from the only noteworthy movie that has been filmed in or near Brockton. As reported by the Taunton Gazette, others filmed nearby in the last few years include the two critically acclaimed films "Knives Out" (2019) and "Little Women" (2019).

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