[Malone LaVeigh]

Brandon Lee was killed by a gun that was assumed to be loaded with blanks while filming The Crow.

[fr_freak]

Brandon Lee was killed by a gun that was assumed to be loaded with blanks while filming The Crow.

If I recall correctly, the gun was loaded with blanks, since they were filming a scene where Brandon got shot multiple times. However, the same gun had been used in a previous scene where dummy rounds were in the chamber for the close up (it was a revolver), and the slug from one of the dummy rounds dislodged from the casing and went into the barrel. When the blanks were put in and fired, the blast sent the slug into Lee. At least, that's the official story. If true, the weapons safety guy was an incompetent or careless moron.

[farmguy]

Lee didn’t do anything wrong. He was just acting in a scene. He died because the prop man screwed up by not understanding what he was dealing with.

Hexum’s death was caused by his own carelessness with an “unloaded” firearm.

I still remember Hexum’s death. It was quite a shock at the time. He was an up and coming actor who had been in several TV shows before he landed that series. He was a Hollywood muscle boy, much like Schwarzenegger, only prettier.