(Photo: Brandon Lee/Twitter and AP)
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza injures. After actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of 19th Century western, Rust. Police said, Baldwin. Who is also the film’s co-producer, discharged the weapon during filming in New Mexico on Thursday.
Deaths on film sets by a gun are extremely rare, but they do happen. The guns, prop or not, used in films normally have blanks that generate. A muzzle flash and an explosive sound to make the gunshot look and sound real. But does not launch any projectile that can injure or kill anybody.
There have been some exceptions with tragic consequences. Brandon Lee, the actor, martial artist, and the son of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Died in a freak incident similar to the Rust one in 1993.
When the bullet struck him, he fell down and did not get up after the director Alex Proyas said cut. Crew members thought he was just joking around. One of the stuntmen checked on him and found that he was breathing heavily.
Brandon rush to the hospital but died after unsuccessful six-hour surgery. He’s just 28. His performance praise posthumously and the film became a big critical and commercial success.
While the shot did not penetrate his skull, due to the ridiculously close-range nature of the shot, the blank pushed a bone fragment into his brain and the blunt force trauma caused a hemorrhage. He was immediately hospitalized but despite surgery, he was announced as brain dead. He was taken off life support after a week.