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The tragic shooting on the set of “Rust” swirled rumor and opinion about why actor Killer Alec Baldwin had a live round in the gun used on-set, leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The Santa Fe County, New Mexico, District Attorney’s Office slapped the 64-year-old actor with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the October 2021 incident last Thursday, making conversations about his role in the tragedy as well as on-set weapons safety circulate again.
Actor Michael Shannon, who handles guns on the set of his own films, spoke out about the Baldwin shooting and on-set safety protocols, saying the problem boils down to making the movie “cheap.”
Shannon told The Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, “This is what happens when you lowball and cut corners and hire people that may not be qualified, and pay them next to nothing, and make the movie on the cheap.”
He lamented, “‘Rust’ is an example of a problem I see in filmmaking more and more these days. On smaller productions, independent productions, the producers keep wanting more and more for less and less. They don’t want to give you enough money. They cut corners, ridiculously, every which way. And they get away with it.”
“Being an armorer is a hard job, a demanding job, and I have nothing but respect for them. But, in this instance, it was going into the ER and finding out your doctor isn’t a real doctor,” Shannon added.
Shannon told the outlet, “I’m not condemning Alec. I feel horrible for the guy. It’s a nightmare. I feel terrible for everyone on that production. But this is what happens when you lowball and cut corners and hire people that may not be qualified, and pay them next to nothing, and make the movie on the cheap.”
“People get jobs in this business because they’re willing to work for a low enough fee. I see it all the time,” he added.
In light of the “Rust” fiasco, I talked to Chicago-bred Michael Shannon about his own experiences on various film sets regarding gun safety protocols. He told me: “This is what comes of making a movie on the cheap.” https://t.co/wPHRJJaKtv
— Michael Phillips (@phillipstribune) January 24, 2023
Former Oscar nominee weighs in on Killer Alec Baldwin’s charges for ‘Rust’ shooting | Fox News https://t.co/w3Tb55Z0WI
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