Three days after the shooting of Alec Baldwin having fatally affected a director of photography on the set of a western in the United States, calls multiplied on Sunday in Hollywood to ban the use of firearms on sets. Hit in the chest Thursday after the actuation by Alec Baldwin of a weapon used as a prop in the film Rust, according to a preliminary investigation report consulted by AFP, Halyna Hutchins had been transported by helicopter to a hospital in New Mexico, where she was pronounced dead.
A petition on the change.org site, calling for a ban on live firearms on filming and better working conditions for crews, had collected more than 15,000 signatures on Sunday. “There is no excuse for something like this to happen in the 21st century,” says the text of the petition launched by Bandar Albuliwi, a screenwriter and director. “There is an urgent need to address the problem of alarming (labor law) abuses and security breaches taking place on film sets, including unnecessary high-risk conditions, such as the use of weapons.” real fire, ”also pleaded Saturday in a statement Dave Cortese, elected Democrat in the Senate of California.
“Air soft” weapons now on The rookie
“I intend to vote on a bill that would ban live bullets on filming in California, in order to prevent this type of senseless violence,” the elected official also said. The successful detective series The rookie, which takes place in Los Angeles, decided the day after the tragedy to ban any real weapon on its set, a measure effective immediately, according to the movie magazine The Hollywood Reporter.
“As of today, it is recorded on The rookie that any firearm shooting on the set will be made with “air soft” weapons (dummy weapons) with artificial flames coming out of the barrel added in post-production ”, announced in a note to his teams the producer of the Alexi Hawley series, quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.
A collection that already exceeds $ 180,000
The investigation into Halyna Hutchins’ death continued on Sunday, with the role of film armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 24, coming under close scrutiny by investigators. It was she who had prepared the gun with which the actor fired the fatal shot. She had placed it on a cart with two other weapons. A search warrant was issued by a judge on Friday, authorizing law enforcement to seize equipment related to the shooting as well as weapons and ammunition used as props, and clothing worn by the actor and the rest of the team during the drama.
Evidence of the emotion aroused, a fundraiser launched by the union of directors of photography and intended for the family of Halyna Hutchins exceeded $ 180,000 on Sunday morning, far from the initial objective of $ 10,000. A vigil in homage to Halyna Hutchins is to take place on Sunday evening in Burbank, a city near Los Angeles nicknamed the “media capital of the world” because of the presence of numerous film and television studios.