Alec Baldwin has urged film and TV productions to hire police officers to monitor the weapons and ensure the guns used in filming. deadly shooting During the filming of the western film Rust.
Baldwin by mistake Cinematographer Helena Hutchins shot dead According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, on October 21 the gun was told it was “cool” or safe to use on a movie set in New Mexico.
The actor posted on Twitter on Monday, “Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, must have a police officer on set, hired by the production, specifically to guard the weapons.” for.” for monitoring.” The account has since been made private, but the message was Also posted on the actor’s Instagram account.
Officers are trying to determine how the actual bullet wound in the gun given to Baldwin may have been injured. Hannah Gutierrez-Reid’s attorney, overseeing the weapons on the Rust Armor set, said she believed they had loaded it with dummy round who were not capable of firing. He said he did his best to ensure safety on the set and blamed other factors that resulted in “the production set becoming unsafe”.
The incident has sparked renewed calls for better safety practices on set regarding the use of weapons, and producers and crew members are weighing whether new steps should be taken to prevent a similar tragedy in the future. Or not. the wanted.
Some have called for a complete ban on real guns from movie and TV sets.
Actor Dwayne Johnson has said that his Future Productions Will Only Use Rubber Guns during filming.
The day after shooting, Baldwin spoke about his “shock and sadness about the accident that took the lives of a wife, mother and our highly acclaimed colleague, Helena Hutchins”.
“I am fully cooperating with the police investigation to find out how this tragedy happened and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, for her son and for all those who knew and loved Halina. “
According to court records, the gun Baldwin used was one of three that Armor had kept on a cart outside the building where a scene was being rehearsed.
The film’s assistant director Dave Hall pulled a gun out of a car and handed it to Baldwin, indicating that the weapon was safe. shout “cold gun”, the court papers said. But, unknown to Hall, it was full of live rounds, according to the record.
The affidavit later released a picture of a dysfunctional and spirited set, where five crew members had reportedly run out of pay and working conditions hours before the fatal shooting took place.
Lawyers representing the crew member in charge of the weapons blamed the manufacturers for the “unsafe” set. It was also later revealed that Hall was the subject of an internal complaint over the previous film. Maggie Gaul, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnic, said he had expressed concern About Hall’s conduct regarding security issues on set with the executive producers of Hulu’s Into the Dark TV series in 2019. He is yet to comment and has retained the counsel.
According to an additional affidavit issued last month, hall entrance Investigators said they should “examine everyone” in the gun before handing it over to Baldwin, who was also the film’s producer, but did not do so.
However, Gaul clarified that he did not believe the situation was about Hall. “It’s not any one person’s fault,” she said, adding that there were bigger issues about the well-being of the crew that had to be addressed. “It’s a great conversation about safety on set and what we’re trying to achieve with that culture.”
Shooting has drawn public scrutiny on an often overlooked corner of the film industry, with critics saying the pursuit of profit can lead to unsafe working conditions.