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Alec Baldwin, social appeal: “Police on the sets if there are firearms”

“On any set, film or television, on which weapons, whether real or false, are used, Police presence should be ensured, hired by the same production to monitor safety ». It is the appeal that Alec Baldwin, after the accident that saw him protagonist during the filming of the western Rust, in which the director of photography Halyna Hutchins was killed by mistake, launches from her social profiles to ask for more safety on the sets.

It was October 21st, when Baldwin – that of Rust is the protagonist and producer – wielding a gun she thought was loaded with blanks she inadvertently fired a shot, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza, behind her. Since then, a nightmare has begun for the actor, who has always fought against the improper spread of weapons in America. “I’m in shock,” he said as soon as he learned of his director of photography’s death in hospital.

Then the investigations started, which are still ongoing, and he, from New Mexico where they were shooting, moved to Vermont with his family. It is from here that a few days ago he released, a Tmz, the first interview after the tragedy: “Halyna was a friend of mine. We were a very, very close-knit team, “said the 63-year-old actor, who after the tragedy did not abandon the victim’s husband, Matthew Hatchins:” We are in constant contact with him and his family because we are worried about their situation and for their child, who is only nine years old. I am destroyed for them: her husband, her son and all those who loved Halyna “

Already at Tmz, the actor had reiterated his concern about the use of firearms on set: “How many gun accidents are there? We need a new law: it is urgent to protect people on the setsThe actor had warned. In fact, the incident that occurred during the filming of Rust is only the latest in a long series of misfortunes that have raised the issue of safety on the sets. The most infamous is surely the death of Brandon Lee, killed by a gunshot that should have been loaded with blanks during the filming of The Raven, in 1993, but fatal accidents, due to real weapons, there have been several, since the days of silent cinema.

From Hollywood, in the aftermath of the tragedy of Rust, the request for a reform of the laws on the use of firearms on sets, and director Bandar Albuliwi also launched a petition on Change.org which has already collected thousands of signatures. Now Baldwin’s social appeal. Which certainly won’t be the last act.

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