Alec Baldwin was a producer on the movie and thus was involved in the decision making process to have nonunion crew on set. IATSE armorers have a near-perfect track record with firearms on set. As somebody with the clout to make it happen, Baldwin should have insisted on the shoot being a union set.
I believe the union armorers quit the production due to non-adherence to industry standards.
I’m guessing that might involve the same rule-breaking that led to the incident: Live ammo for a prop weapon is never present at a shoot, and prop weapons are never loaded with live ammo.
Clearing the weapon between fun-time and film-time is not sufficient. Everyone in Hollywood knows how this works. Hell, everyone on Broadway knows.
This production thought it was above the rules apparently. It’s like when the sub experts quit SeaGate over safety issues before the Titan imploded. I feel sorry for the people who financially didn’t have a choice to drop the production, and had to go through this trauma. Anyone who condoned the antics should be out of a career imo. I don’t know what prison will solve but Alec’s net worth could probably be taken down a notch.
Alec Baldwin was a producer on the movie and thus was involved in the decision making process to have nonunion crew on set. IATSE armorers have a near-perfect track record with firearms on set. As somebody with the clout to make it happen, Baldwin should have insisted on the shoot being a union set.
I believe the union armorers quit the production due to non-adherence to industry standards.
I’m guessing that might involve the same rule-breaking that led to the incident: Live ammo for a prop weapon is never present at a shoot, and prop weapons are never loaded with live ammo.
Clearing the weapon between fun-time and film-time is not sufficient. Everyone in Hollywood knows how this works. Hell, everyone on Broadway knows.
This production thought it was above the rules apparently. It’s like when the sub experts quit SeaGate over safety issues before the Titan imploded. I feel sorry for the people who financially didn’t have a choice to drop the production, and had to go through this trauma. Anyone who condoned the antics should be out of a career imo. I don’t know what prison will solve but Alec’s net worth could probably be taken down a notch.