He had been fired from a previous production by Dave Halls, the assistant director of the film "Rust" who handed the loaded gun to Alec Baldwin screaming "cold gun". Weapon with which the unsuspecting actor exploded two shots, killing director of photography Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
CNN reports, citing the film's production company. According to Rocket Soul Studios, Halls had the same role in the film "Freedom's Path" in 2019, when a gun "fired unexpectedly" on the set, causing a sound engineer - forced to seek medical attention - to jump back and stop production. for a few days.
Not only that: according to CNN, while working on Hulu's "Into the Dark" anthology series in February and May 2019, Halls had already been reported because he did not hold security meetings and failed to announce the presence of weapons. fires on the set, as per protocol.
THE RECONSTRUCTION - In the meantime the company producing "Rust" has announced the suspension of the film "at least until the end of the investigation".
Director Souza is recovering and was able to give a sworn deposition to law enforcement: Baldwin said, a moment before the tragedy he was rehearsing a scene where he had to point the gun at the "camera lens" when the weapon he suddenly fired.
He too, he said, was convinced that the gun was unloaded given Halls' "cold gun." The director then added that on the set of "Rust" the guns were usually controlled by the assistant director but also by the director. 'gunsmith, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, another controversial character on his first assignment in a film production: “I almost didn't take the job because I wasn't sure I was ready, but doing it went well,” she said in an interview.
(Unioneonline / D)
