(October 28, 2021 at 1:34 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: If there is a bomb to be used on a movie/TV set, it's reasonable to believe that it isn't going to blow the fuck up. Pretty sure there are a lot of props that could cause harm but don't because someone is in charge of making sure they don't. There are people charged with and paid for making sure shit like this doesn't happen...and it isn't the actors.
True. But just like a restaurant owner, many don't cook and simply sit up front and run the cash register and delegate table seating. My understanding is that this "Rust" movie was Alec's production. I used to work at a breakfast joint, and I did most of the cleanup at the end of the day, and one of my jobs was to clean the walls and floors behind the stoves and flat top and grill. I'd pull the equipment out and notice that the gas lines which were flexible hoses, were frayed, and it always bothered me. Fortunately nothing ever happened, but I did worry. If a cook had accidentally lit a gas leak, the lack of maintenance would still ultimately be on the owner. How is that such an inexperienced armorer was hired? Honestly, to me it would have been like my former boss at the restaurant hiring me to cook when I was a dishwasher, and I suck at cooking.
I have no doubt that Alec had no malice in what happened. But it still remains that protocol failed. I am sure Alec feels extremely bad. Hopefully if there is anything lesson to be learned is that redundancy and not cutting corners is paramount. I've been following this story for days now on multiple channels with interviews from multiple Hollywood prop experts when it comes to firearms. Every single one of those experts said this never should have happened.
I feel bad for everyone involved, but especially her family.
