This is where make believe meets reality. POS.
There is usually a specialist on a film set known as the armorer or safety officer that is the only prop person allowed to handle and prepare the prop firearms. They do not allow live ammunition anywhere near the set and have control of the blank ammunition and preparation of the weapons to make sure the barrel is clear of any debris.
For this shot to have been fatal the gun must have been pointed at the camera with the cinematographer and director at the view finder or video feed and fairly close to the lens. I don’t know how a safety officer could approve such a configuration with actual people behind the camera unless it was supposed to be a rehearsal set up with no blanks and the safety officer was either misinformed or confused. He has to be on set in either case. Somebody got careless and didn’t follow the safety protocols.
With technology today why do they even need to use blanks?!?!
Lock him up!
Someone screwed up and it wasn’t obnoxious liberal Baldwin.
Tragic situation, the crew made a terrible mistake unfortunately .
Dayum!!
Hope they don’t leave that footage on the cutting room floor.
My guess is that this was a publicity stunt.
Or maybe they had an Afghani immigrant handling safety training?
Possibilities abound.
Ok, fine. Several things wrong here.
First, if he was at all trained and conscientious he would know the four rules of firearm safety and no-one would have gotten hurt. The only way this happens is if he violated basically all four. So Alec (and greater Hollywood) you still want to keep bashing the NRA and us firearms enthusiasts? I handle a firearm every single day, and I've never had a negligent discharge, never hurt anyone with my firearms.
In addition, the production company, from the director on down to the prop guy, screwed up. I thought it was a rule on many sets that there simply is no live ammo anywhere on set. Period. If there are scenes that need to be filmed with real firearms and live ammo these are done on separate days with minimal staff/crew around and everyone knows it is a live-fire day and every weapon is treated as real. Other days are nominal/normal filming where everything is props and/or blanks. They never mix the two to prevent just this sort of thing. Guess that's not an across the board SOP for all production companies. But sure, tell me again Hollywood how I'm dangerous... :-/
This guy is a walking dipsh*t but I don’t want to make this an issue with him. I am sure he is as shocked and freaked out as anyone else by this.
Typical Liberal, it’s always somebody else’s fault.
Who writes and checks headlines these days? Anyone? Baldwin was obviously given the gun before the shooting, and asked about it after.
1. is baldwin cooperating with authorities?
2. was baldwin romantically linked with the cinematographer hutchins?
3. was baldwin acting within director commands at the time of the shooting?
4. had baldwin been drinking or taking any drugs immediately before the shooting?
5. did baldwin submit to a blood alcohol test and/or drug test immediately after the shooting?
6. will baldwin be fired? incarcerated with no bail until trial? will the baldwin scenes of the movie be shot with a different actor?
if the press were fair, baldwin would be given the full kyle rittenhouse treatment, guilty until proven innocent.
This was criminally reckless behavior. He should be charged with something, but I doubt he will even be charged with disorderly conduct.
Guns make lots of money for the entertainment industry.
One would think a real gun would feel different and be heavier than a prop gun. One would also think he would check it to make sure.
Now, which crew person wanted the guy dead?
Ah, pays to read the article. Ok, so it was a loaded prop gun. Still, Baldwin should have checked it.
Jon-Erik Hexum was stupid enough to put a loaded prop gun to his head. There have been others.
# they were both struck when the gun discharged
Notice the wording. Like the gun just fired itself, with no assistance whatsoever from the idiot who actually pulled the trigger.
I’m wondering if nitwit was dinking around and trying to be silly. Prop gun or not, it shouldn’t have been pointed directly at anyone at close range, and second, with today’s remote camera systems, it isn’t necessary for a cinematographer or director to be sitting head on with a shooter if the shot required a gun to be fired toward the lens.
He is very remorseful. He barely had time to use twitter to say just that....
He is thinking about his career first and foremost.