Filming of ‘Rust’ suspended after accident with prop gun which killed a crew member
A tragedy happened yesterday on the filming set of Rust, the new movie of Jensen. The leading actor of the movie, Alec Baldwin, accidently shot with a prop gun the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the director Joel Souza during the shooting of the movie. The accident was fatal for Halyna Hutchins who died at the hospital, while Joel Souza was hurt but is already out of the hospital.
The situation raised again the discussion about the safety conditions on filming sets. The prop guns do not have real munitions but they include blanks with gunpowder. Investigations are still ongoing to understand what happened to get to this fatal ending. This is not an isolated event. In 1993 Brandon Lee also died after being shot by a prop gun while filming the movie The Crow.
The filming of Rust is suspended indefinitely.
JensenDaily’s staff sends condolences to Halyna Hutchins‘ family, friends and colleagues.