Both outlets report that the film’s camera crew walked off the set in protest of their working conditions before the accident.
Safety issues plagued the set of Rust in the days leading up to the fatal accident, according to new reports. On Thursday, Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on set of the Western indie. Director Joel Souza, 48, was hospitalized but has since been released. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting, which occurred “during the filming of a scene.”
There were two misfires on the prop gun and one the previous week, a source tells the Los Angeles Times, adding “there was a serious lack of safety meetings on this set.”
Deadline confirms “at least one previous incident involving a misfiring of a weapon that was used days before in a scene.”
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