I'm late to this thread, but why was he pointing and firing at them anyway?
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That’s a very good question, and as far as I know, there’s just been a bunch of hand-waving and muttering ‘rehearsal,’ which hasn’t explained a thing.
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I'm late to this thread, but why was he pointing and firing at them anyway?
Clooney said: “I don't know Alec that well. I've been watching the news and I have to say, they've got the bad guy, which is going to be the first AD.Just opening it wouldn't be enough. It would have to be unloaded and each round examined to make sure it's a dummy.
"Maybe Alec did that, I hope he did, but the problem is, dummies are tricky. Because they look like real bullets. They've got a tiny hole at the back where someone has taken the gunpowder out."
George Clooney says Alec Baldwin film set tragedy is 'insane and infuriating' - Mirror Online
Except Alec Baldwin.George Clooney says Alec Baldwin film set tragedy is 'insane and infuriating'
Here's what Clooney does when he's handed a gun:
"Every single time I'm handed a gun on set, I look at it, I open it, I show it to the person I'm pointing it to, we show it to the crew, every single take you hand it back to the armour when you're done, and you do it again. Everyone does it.
It would be the fault of all of them.
The actor is the final responsibility because the weapon is placed in his hands. He has his finger on the trigger. So he has the ultimate responsibility in the end.
If he doesn't see, with his own eyes, the AD or armorer checking the weapon, right before it is handed too him, then it is his ultimate responsibility to check it himself or make them do it in his presence.
Safety protocols are requirements, not suggestions.
If someone handed you a gun and told it was unloaded and wanted you to point it at someone, would you take their word for it?
Here you go:
Mendoza confirmed Reed’s pockets were checked for live bullets but would not elaborate further.
“I’m not willing to confirm whether or not there were live bullets were found on her person. Again, there was live ammunition that we suspect that was found within the scene. And I’ll hold off from explaining exactly what those were found,” he said.
Sante Fe sheriff discusses ‘Rust’ film set shooting investigation
If she's being truthful, someone did something to the gun after she last touched it.You'd make a very good plaintiff's lawyer. I can just hear these words coming out of someone's mouth next year. You are absolutely right. But there's plenty of blame to share. Actor is supposed to see the AD check the gun, and the AD is supposed to check the gun (in the presence of the armorer).
What I sure can't figure out is why, since HGR says she put 6 dummies in that gun, that there were only 3 bullets, two of them live. What happened??
There weren't only 3 bullets, two of them live. Where did you hear that? AD said he saw at least four dummies and one casing from a live bullet (presumably the casing from which the bullet was fired).You'd make a very good plaintiff's lawyer. I can just hear these words coming out of someone's mouth next year. You are absolutely right. But there's plenty of blame to share. Actor is supposed to see the AD check the gun, and the AD is supposed to check the gun (in the presence of the armorer).
What I sure can't figure out is why, since HGR says she put 6 dummies in that gun, that there were only 3 bullets, two of them live. What happened??
There weren't only 3 bullets, two of them live. Where did you hear that? AD said he saw at least four dummies and one casing from a live bullet (presumably the casing from which the bullet was fired).
If she's being truthful, someone did something to the gun after she last touched it.
Thanks for this. So, no comment from the sheriff as to whether HGR had live rounds in her pockets or not. I wish he had said no live rounds found on her person. I wouldn't be having suspicious thoughts right now.
Not willing to confirm sounds like he's hiding something from us.
AD remembers seeing 3 rounds when HGR showed him the gun before the rehearsal. That doesn't mean there was only 3 rounds total. He just didn't check the rest or doesn't remember if he saw the rest. After gun was fired, AD told HGR to see what was in the gun, and then he saw at least four dummy rounds and one live casing.
Gun Handed to Alec Baldwin Was Not Thoroughly Checked, Affidavit Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Wow. This movie just was not meant to happen- live bullets, brown recluse. Yikes. Those pics are horrific- apparently may even have to amputate. Either way, recovery is going to be a haul.Beware gross photos:
“Jason claims he was getting dodged by folks at "Rust" after reaching out 6 times about workers' comp, but now his attorneys say they are working with the movie's insurance company to get him paid for his troubles.
While Jason says he greatly appreciates the wave of public support, with over $13K donated to his ********, he insists what happened to him was a freak accident ... and he wants the focus on Halyna Hutchins because he thinks her shooting death could have been avoided”
'Rust' Set Worker's Arm Saved From Spider Bite, Working on Workers' Comp
I'm late to this thread, but why was he pointing and firing at them anyway?
Clooney said: “I don't know Alec that well. I've been watching the news and I have to say, they've got the bad guy, which is going to be the first AD.
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"He may be a d**k, I don't know the guy at all, but I've been on sets for 40 years and the person that hands you the gun, the person that is responsible for the gun is either the prop person or the armour. Period.
We won't know until we see the (movie) shooting script, the call list (daily schedule) and testimony addressing whether these two documents were followed or verbally modified. Until then everything is speculation and he/she/they said, he/she/they said.
The script is out there. I think the call list is, too. Youtubers have been showing these documents for a couple of weeks.
We know that some of the people who were on the call list walked out that morning over safety issues. The movie's culminating scene (big shoot out in the church, which called for the destruction of the pew that Alec's character was sitting on) was to begin shooting.
LA Times has reported on the script, but it's behind a paywall.
This ‘Rust’ scene led to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins