'My Heart Is Broken': Alec Baldwin Releases Statement On Prop Gun Death (MSNBC)

[ItsjustMe]

After firing a prop gun that killed one crew member and injured another on the set of the movie “Rust," actor Alec Baldwin released a statement over Twitter saying that he was heartbroken and cooperating with the police.

[Rorey]

1. I can't even imagine

A lot of lives got changed forever.

[jimfields33]

2. Alec certainly was very irresponsible

I think charges should be made immediately.

[Rorey]

3. I'm interested in hearing what the investigation brings out

I just watched a couple of the videos about protocol and what actually happens with prop guns, and I'll reserve judgement about fault.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. Did you hear the details?

I have not heard what happened.

[doc03]

5. What makes you have that opinion? I haven't heard

any details of the accident.

[hlthe2b]

6. I haven't either. He wasn't the prop master. What details are you privy to that suggests

he should be criminally culpable?

Nothing I've heard thus far puts him in any but the inadvertent cause of a very sad and tragic accident that will haunt his life forever forward. I know how I would feel in his shoes and thus I have to extend sympathy.

What have we missed?

[dixiechiken1]

11. Huh? How so?

[Merlot]

12. I doubt that there is any actual backing up of this allegation.

[Bucky]

13. Jim, I strongly suspect you don't know anything about how movies are made.

Or how laws are enforced.

[Rebl2]

16. I haven't

heard exact details. Do you have more information than what little I have read so far? He’s not exactly my favorite actor and have read in the past about his temper, but what I have read thus far it’s, an accident.

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. That's quite an assumption

Do you know something the rest of us don't?

[Cartoonist]

7. Why do they need prop guns?

CGI can outfit you with a space cannon.

[mucifer]

9. Yes, a rubber toy or a fake gun that bullets don't fit into. Put the sound and smoke in after. I

don't understand why they make prop guns in which real bullets can be loaded.

[Bucky]

15. read my response (#14) below

It wouldn't work. That's why they don't do it with sfx

[Bucky]

14. A prop gun with gunpowder and smoke and bang sounds is much much cheaper than CGI

Plus it helps the actors to have something live to react to. They have CGI space cannons cause real space cannons are more expensive than CGI. Google "uncanny valley". A CGI gunshot and gunsmoke and gun recoiling (and gun-arm recoiling) would ruin the illusion in the movie.

Why pay more for something that looks worse? They should just follow the proper procedures and safety routines for dangerous equipment, just like with any other job.

[Cartoonist]

19. A prop gun cost a life

A cap gun makes a bang and smoke. Just augment it.

[Bucky]

21. Agree 100. You're talking about what SHOULD be done. I'm explaining HOW it actually happened

[quickesst]

8. I'm going to wait....

.... for the investigation to play out to eliminate the possibility of sticking my foot into my mouth. I will offer this information 4 others to consider before condemning and blaming Alec Baldwin for this unfortunate turn of events.

Snip:
Prop Master Job Description: What Does a Prop Master Do? 

The prop master oversees the prop department, meaning they’re responsible for the production, maintenance, and inventory of any and all props. (A “prop” is anything used by the actors during a performance that is movable ie -- a coffee cup, lightsaber, money. Scenery, costumes, and electrical equipment are not props.) 

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/prop-master-production-crew-70397/

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. So am I

I'm giving Alec the benefit of doubt until I'm given a reason not to. None of us were there and I doubt we know the full story. Thanks for the link.

[quickesst]

20. You're welcome

I am glad to provide any factual information that may be helpful.

Accusing Alec Baldwin or for that matter, anyone else at this stage of the game does not qualify as factual information. As you have stated, none of us were there.

[magicguido]

10. Twas Hollywood's love affair with guns