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IMO, it doesn't matter...

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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-2024 6:34:35 PM PDT
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In topic: Thursday-**Friday~**Weekend Chat Post posted by Leia
In reply to: First, if he were just another actor, not the producer/executive producer... posted by Justathot
An actor is told the risks and mitigations of an act so they can fully throw themselves (sometimes literally) into the role. Would your average actor have pointed the "safe" weapon and completed the firing process during the rehearsal? That fact that the weapon wasn't safe when he was told it was, was not his fault.

No, it was not. The fact that he didn't double-check is, especially since he was also the producer. I'd also heard, and this might be totally unsubstantiated rumor, that in the interest of "authenticity", AB wanted "real" guns that fired something as close to real bullets as possible. If that's true, that would be on him as a producer.

As the producer, he hired someone to do a job according to standard. It's like if I, a car owner, hired someone to fix my brakes. When I hit the brakes, I expect the car to slow down or stop. I do not expect it to speed up. If I hit someone with my car while slamming on my brakes, I expect the brake fixer to be held liable, especially if I show the court my receipt for the repairs the brake person did. Alec Baldwin is shielded, to a degree, because he hired a licensed armorer to prepare the weapon and let him know that it was "safe."

I disagree. *He* ultimately was responsible for hiring the licensed armorer he "thought" was safe. IIRC, it was only her second time on a movie set and while yes, you need to actually work to gain experience, he could've hired someone with more experience or hired someone to double-check her work.

IIRC, you were in the military, yes? Weren't people higher up the ranks held responsible for the actions of the people under their command? I can *maybe* see AB not being considered guilty as the actor who pulled the trigger (though see my previous post about how many people were held accountable in the case of the death of Grayson Yoe) but at the very least, he should shoulder some of the responsibility of what went down due to his position of authority over the armorer, etc.

I've also heard--possibly unsubstantiated--rumors that a number of other people on the set of Rust felt unsafe. Again, I cannot verify that.

The prosecution not giving him evidence that might have raised doubts about their case was just...not a thing to be done.

This IA on 100%. SHE should face some kind of penalty, maybe even disbarment.


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