They could have used the rubber revolver to get an good idea what a closeup would look like. JMO.
I can understand a camera catching it but I'm amazed they could see the actual dummy in the barrel during quick draw rehearsal.
Probably. But if the gun was actually loaded with dummies, it would be harmless. It won't fire and it won't make noise.
I don't think they where rehearsing a closeup of the gun. They didn't need Alec Baldwin on set to do that. JMO.
Like I said, dummies were likely used a lot on the set. Gun belts, etc. They are fake ammo designed to look like a real ammo. And people at the time (Wild West) wore gun belts with bullets and so on.
Halls stood for him in the beginning.
I'm talking about doing things in a safer manner. If they used a rubber gun for rehearsal there's no chance for someone making a mistake with checking the gun for safety. It's inherently safe. JMO.
But then there would still be filming. If you want to avoid issues, clearly the gun should be properly loaded with dummies, and live ammo shouldn't be on the set.
A lot of assumptions are being stated as facts, I don't know how anyone who wasn't working that set at the time would know they were eyeballing the dummy in the barrel during quick draw rehearsal.
I don't understand this.
They were not filming. They were rehearsing. When your done rehearsing then bring out the real firing guns that have been properly loaded and checked.
I reread your post jjenny and I think I understand the point you're making. Even if they used the rubber revolver during the rehearsal the same problem would be there with the real gun being loaded with at least one live round.
After ‘Rust’ shooting, industry veterans say ‘buck stops’ with armorers on movie sets
Mike Tristano, the veteran armorer known for his work on horror flicks, said that on most sets, an assistant director — or anybody else, for that matter — would almost never pass a weapon to an actor.
“No one touches the guns except the armorer, and then of course the actors and actresses. The gun is only handed to them by the armorer,” Tristano said. “I've never allowed an assistant director to hand a gun to an actor in more than 30 years in this business."
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When it comes to guns and ammunition on sets, Tristano said, “the buck always stops” with the armorer, the licensed professional — sometimes credited as a “weapons master” — tasked with making sure movie firearms are safe and secure on set.
That’s why Tristano was baffled when he learned that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, the armorer on the ill-fated Alec Baldwin project “Rust,” said she had “no idea” how live ammo got on set, according to her lawyers.
“I think it’s a ridiculous statement,” Tristano said on Friday. “How could you not know what’s on your set in terms of anything that’s related to the weapons you’re supposed to be handling?”
“That’s like a chef doing the catering and being like: I don’t know where this food came from.”
“The armorer is responsible for all firearms and blank ammunition on set, and weapons should always be under the tight chain-of-custody of that person,” said Larry Zanoff, an armorer who worked on Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” and several Marvel movies.
“If there is an actual armorer on set … they are responsible for all aspects,” Zanoff added. “They are the crew member that’s ultimately responsible.”
