Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' had prior prop gun incidents, crew walked off set before fatal shooting.

"A gun had two misfires in a closed cabin," a source claimed. "They just fired loud pops — a person was just holding it in their hands and it went off."

Both outlets report that the film's camera crew walked off the set in protest of their working conditions before the accident.

"Corners were being cut — and they brought in nonunion people so they could continue shooting," a source tells the Los Angeles Times. The paper notes that Hutchins was among those advocating for safer conditions.

One crew member purportedly addressed the walkout in a private Facebook post.

"We cited everything from lack of payment for three weeks, taking our hotels away despite asking for them in our deals, lack of COVID safety, and on top of that, poor gun safety! Poor on-set safety period!" the person wrote, per Deadline. "They brought in four non-union guys to replace us and tried calling the cops on us."

Rust Movie Productions, LLC says it's conducting an internal investigation.

https://deadline.com/2021/10/rust-movie-gun-internal-review-safety-issues-production-camera-crew-walkout-1234860497/

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

I meant it doesn't matter because he's Alec Baldwin and there will be no repercussions for him even if there should be.

He did point a gun at people and press the trigger. That doesn't make him a murderer. But it's also very reckless so that's why I'm asking if he could face any legal consequences. It's like running a stoplight and killing someone. You just meant to get somewhere faster, but someone died as a result. I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be charged, I'm asking if any attorneys think there may be legal issues for him down the road.

DP. You keep asking for lawyers to weigh in when no one really knows what happened. But if you must have an answer, I'll give you the standard lawyer response: "it depends."

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

I meant it doesn't matter because he's Alec Baldwin and there will be no repercussions for him even if there should be.

He did point a gun at people and press the trigger. That doesn't make him a murderer. But it's also very reckless so that's why I'm asking if he could face any legal consequences. It's like running a stoplight and killing someone. You just meant to get somewhere faster, but someone died as a result. I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be charged, I'm asking if any attorneys think there may be legal issues for him down the road.

Wait. They weren't filming a scene? He was just randomly handling the gun with it pointing at other people? That's a completely different story. (DP)

I think they were filming a scene, yes.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

I meant it doesn't matter because he's Alec Baldwin and there will be no repercussions for him even if there should be.

He did point a gun at people and press the trigger. That doesn't make him a murderer. But it's also very reckless so that's why I'm asking if he could face any legal consequences. It's like running a stoplight and killing someone. You just meant to get somewhere faster, but someone died as a result. I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be charged, I'm asking if any attorneys think there may be legal issues for him down the road.

Wait. They weren't filming a scene? He was just randomly handling the gun with it pointing at other people? That's a completely different story. (DP)

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

I meant it doesn't matter because he's Alec Baldwin and there will be no repercussions for him even if there should be.

He did point a gun at people and press the trigger. That doesn't make him a murderer. But it's also very reckless so that's why I'm asking if he could face any legal consequences. It's like running a stoplight and killing someone. You just meant to get somewhere faster, but someone died as a result. I'm not saying he should or shouldn't be charged, I'm asking if any attorneys think there may be legal issues for him down the road.

Again, as someone else has already posted, we do NOT know that there was live ammunition rather than a blank in the gun. The LA Times:

“As many of us have already heard, there was an accidental weapons discharge on a production titled Rust being filmed in New Mexico,” said the North Hollywood-based local. “A live single round was accidentally fired on set by the principal actor, hitting both the Director of Photography, Local 600 member Halyna Hutchins, and Director Joel Souza. Both were rushed to the hospital,” the email said.

A source close to The Times said the union does not know what projectile was in the gun and clarified that “live” is an industry term that refers to a gun being loaded with some material such as a blank ready for filming.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-10-21/woman-fatally-shot-by-prop-firearm-on-a-new-mexico-movie-set

Anonymous wrote:I am late to the game but I don't understand why he was close enough to her that the blank could kill her. And that the gun was aimed in a way that could kill her. Usually those types of things are very tightly controlled with lots of focus on distance, angle, etc., to keep everyone safe. Someone was not doing their job.

Alec Baldwin is a complete a$$ but he doesn't deserve this.

And neither did the young woman or her family.

It is a complete tragedy.

I am late to the game but I don't understand why he was close enough to her that the blank could kill her. And that the gun was aimed in a way that could kill her. Usually those types of things are very tightly controlled with lots of focus on distance, angle, etc., to keep everyone safe. Someone was not doing their job.

Alec Baldwin is a complete a$$ but he doesn't deserve this.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

I meant it doesn't matter because he's Alec Baldwin and there will be no repercussions for him even if there should be.

Sometimes famous people get away with murder and sometimes they don't. But what happened here, at least from what I understand right now, seems to be the fault of other people, not Alec Baldwin.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

I meant it doesn't matter because he's Alec Baldwin and there will be no repercussions for him even if there should be.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

You sound ghoulish. What sort of liability are you imagining?

I'm wondering if he could get in trouble for this. I think after someone dies, that's a normal concern. Things like manslaughter, etc.

If you're getting that from Twitter, it's time to reconsider your sources.

I'm not getting it from anywhere. I'm asking a question, not stating anything.

"I'm just asking questions."

Look, I'm interested in what an attorney would say about this. If you're not, that's fine, but don't harass me for having perfectly normal curiosity about the fallout from this.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

You sound ghoulish. What sort of liability are you imagining?

I'm wondering if he could get in trouble for this. I think after someone dies, that's a normal concern. Things like manslaughter, etc.

If you're getting that from Twitter, it's time to reconsider your sources.

I'm not getting it from anywhere. I'm asking a question, not stating anything.

"I'm just asking questions."

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

It doesn't matter if he could or should. Either way, he won't.

Of course it matters.

But given what we know right now, there's no legal or moral liability.

Anonymous wrote:Who’s gonna play Alec Baldwin in the SNL murder skit?


I vote for Trump.

I hate to say it, but this was actually funny .

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Anonymous wrote:It looks like this was the FOURTH misfire in two weeks on that set. How?!?!

Can any attorneys weigh in on what personal liability Alec might face?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-the-set-in-protest-before-the-fatal-shooting/ar-AAPQj5V

Do you mean the director? Or the executive producer?

I mean Alec. Could he face any civil or criminal liability?

You sound ghoulish. What sort of liability are you imagining?

I'm wondering if he could get in trouble for this. I think after someone dies, that's a normal concern. Things like manslaughter, etc.

If you're getting that from Twitter, it's time to reconsider your sources.

I'm not getting it from anywhere. I'm asking a question, not stating anything.