This was my take as well when it first happened. If an actor is told by everyone around them that a prop gun is safe to use in a scene that's been rehearsed over and over again, and then the gun turns out to be loaded, that's either someone else's liability or a massive systems failure.
But if you're the producer, you're the one responsi…
This was my take as well when it first happened. If an actor is told by everyone around them that a prop gun is safe to use in a scene that's been rehearsed over and over again, and then the gun turns out to be loaded, that's either someone else's liability or a massive systems failure.
But if you're the producer, you're the one responsible for both the system and hiring an inexperienced armorer (to shoot a Western), as well as a general culture of neglect or apathy or something. The idea of mixing live ammo and blanks is chilling in it's stupidity.
I'm curious to see what happens to the armorer and what the assistant producer had to say to the DA. I have a sense there is more to this story than we currently know..
She asserts she was not permitted inside the building where the shot was fired due to covid restrictions. That is the reason she claims she did not personally check the weapon and hand it to Baldwin. We'll find out at trial if that was true. In any event the producer and director, whoever they were, appear to be culpable for permitting an undisciplined, unsafe set.
This was my take as well when it first happened. If an actor is told by everyone around them that a prop gun is safe to use in a scene that's been rehearsed over and over again, and then the gun turns out to be loaded, that's either someone else's liability or a massive systems failure.
But if you're the producer, you're the one responsible for both the system and hiring an inexperienced armorer (to shoot a Western), as well as a general culture of neglect or apathy or something. The idea of mixing live ammo and blanks is chilling in it's stupidity.
I'm curious to see what happens to the armorer and what the assistant producer had to say to the DA. I have a sense there is more to this story than we currently know..
She asserts she was not permitted inside the building where the shot was fired due to covid restrictions. That is the reason she claims she did not personally check the weapon and hand it to Baldwin. We'll find out at trial if that was true. In any event the producer and director, whoever they were, appear to be culpable for permitting an undisciplined, unsafe set.