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<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>" script supervisor <keyword id="12554818" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mamie-mitchell" source="Orion">Mamie Mitchell</keyword> sued <keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> and others who worked on the movie set.</li><li>The lawsuit says the movie script never called for Baldwin to fire a gun in the first place.</li></ul>The script supervisor on the set of "Rust" filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin on Wednesday, alleging the movie script never required the actor to fire the shot that killed cinematographer <keyword id="12366871" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="halyna-hutchins" source="Orion">Halyna Hutchins</keyword>."Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired the loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm," the lawsuit alleges.According to the lawsuit, script supervisor Mamie Mitchell was standing four feet away when Baldwin fired the Colt .45 revolver and suffered injuries herself. It names armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, assistant director <keyword id="12554820" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="david-halls" source="Orion">David Halls</keyword>, and several other individuals and production companies involved in the movie as co-defendants. The details of the lawsuit were <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rust-shooting-alec-baldwin-producers-sued-script-supervisor-1235049249/">first revealed by The Hollywood Reporter</a>.Baldwin <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-shooting-every-red-flag-on-set-where-cinematographer-died-2021-11">discharged the gun on October 21</a> while filming the Western movie in New Mexico, killing Hutchins and injuring the movie's director, Joel Souza.<a href="https://www.insider.com/911-caller-rust-movie-set-blames-assistant-director-gun-firing-2021-10">Mitchell called 911</a> and blamed Halls, who yelled "cold gun" before handing it to Baldwin, an indication that it wasn't loaded with a live round."This fucking AD that yelled at me at lunch asking about revisions, this motherfucker," Mitchell said, according to the 911 call transcript, appearing to be in conversation with someone who was not on the call. "He's supposed to check the guns. He's responsible for what happened."According to Mitchell's lawsuit, the movie script for that scene did not call for Baldwin to fire a gun at all."The third [camera shot] would focus on DEFENDANT BALDWIN's torso as he reached his hand down to the holster and removed the gun," the lawsuit says. "There was nothing in the script about the gun being discharged by DEFENDANT BALDWIN or by any other person."Mitchell retained <keyword id="12554819" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gloria-allred" source="Orion">Gloria Allred</keyword> as an attorney to represent her in the suit. Allred said at a press conference Wednesday that Mitchell has not worked since the "Rust" shooting, and that the incident has ruined her 40-year career.The lawsuit, filed in state court in Los Angeles and viewed by Insider, goes on to say that Baldwin should not have depended on anyone else's word for whether the gun was loaded."Alec Baldwin should have assumed that the gun in question was loaded unless and until it was demonstrated to him or checked by him that it was not loaded," the lawsuit says. "He had no right to rely upon some alleged statement by the Assistant Director that it was a 'cold gun.' Mr. Baldwin cannot hide behind the Assistant Director to attempt to excuse the fact that he did not check the gun himself."Gutierrez-Reed told a member of the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office that she checked the gun's chamber earlier in the day, but that it was left in an unsecured location when the crew broke for lunch prior to Baldwin firing the gun, according to a <a href="https://www.insider.com/assistant-director-rust-didnt-check-all-rounds-prop-gun-police-2021-10">search warrant affidavit</a>.Jason Bowles, an attorney representing Gutierrez-Reed, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/10/lawyer-for-rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-claims-she-was-framed/">has said</a> that his client was the target of "sabotage" on the film set. He didn't immediately respond Wednesday to Insider's request for comment.An attorney for Halls has <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-dave-halls-lawyer-said-not-his-job-check-gun-2021-11">said</a> it wasn't his responsibility to check the gun for bullets before handing it to Baldwin. Halls didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on the lawsuit.Baldwin, who is also a producer for the movie, <a href="https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin/status/1451572461787439106?s=20">expressed his "shock" about the incident</a> and has said he's cooperating with law enforcement. A representative for Baldwin didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

'Rust' script supervisor sues Alec Baldwin, alleging the film's screenplay never says he should have fired a gun

Alec Baldwin fired a gun on the set of 'Rust,' killing its cinematographer. Here's a timeline of the shocking incident.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Actor Alec Baldwin filed a counter-complaint in a lawsuit over the "Rust" shooting.</li><li>In the complaint, Baldwin says he had "immense grief" after the shooting, NBC reported.</li></ul>Actor Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit looking to "clear his name" over the "Rust" film <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-shooting-rust-cinematographer-dead-timeline-2021-10">shooting</a> that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead in 2021, according to court documents.Baldwin filed a cross-complaint in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/halyna-hutchins-animation-rust-shooting-alec-baldwin-lawsuit-2022-2">lawsuit</a> that was filed against him and the film's producers by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alec-baldwin-files-suit-rust-shooting-seeks-clear-name-rcna56875">according to NBC</a>. In the cross-complaint, Baldwin says that Hutchins died due to the negligence of the four other producers, NBC reported.Baldwin said in the document that he had "immense grief" after the shooting."More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy," Baldwin's attorneys wrote in the complaint according to NBC. "By these Cross-Claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name and hold Cross-Defendants accountable for their misconduct."The suit accuses assistant director <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-assistant-director-urged-actor-unsafe-stunt-former-colleagues-say-2021-10">David Halls</a> of not checking the prop gun carefully and says that he yelled the prop gun was "cold" before he handed it to Baldwin, according to NBC. The complaint also accuses armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed of failing to "perform her job carefully."

Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit over fatal 'Rust' shooting to 'clear his name,' lawyer says

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> fired a gun on the set of "<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>," killing a cinematographer and injuring the <keyword id="11906463" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="director" source="Orion">director</keyword>.</li><li>Script supervisor Mamie Mitchell alleges in her <keyword id="11921506" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lawsuit" source="Orion">lawsuit</keyword> that she was injured during the <keyword id="11922278" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shooting" source="Orion">shooting</keyword>.</li></ul>On Monday, lawyers for Alec Baldwin, production companies, and individuals involved with the production of "Rust" asked Judge Michael E. Whitaker to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell over the <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-shooting-every-red-flag-on-set-where-cinematographer-died-2021-11">fatal shooting that occurred on the film's set</a> in October.Mitchell, who was standing four feet away when Baldwin fired the Colt .45 revolver, <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-lawsuit-says-alec-baldwin-never-was-supposed-to-fire-gun-2021-11">alleged the movie script</a> never required the actor to fire the shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, according to the lawsuit. She also alleged that she sustained injuries from the incident and is suing for assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and deliberate infliction of harm.However, attorneys for the defendants disputed Mitchell's case for suing their clients for monetary damages in California.Because her allegations are related to a workplace accident, attorneys claimed in the filing that Mitchell should pursue a legal remedy under worker's compensation law in New Mexico, where the Western was being filmed, not in civil court in California."Despite no apparent physical injury, plaintiff raced to the courthouse in California, without providing the notice in New Mexico required for a worker's compensation claim, apparently to get her claim in front of any potential claims by the two individuals who were hit by the live round," the defendants' lawyers said in the filing. "It is difficult to ascertain from her allegations what injury she could actually have suffered, but what is clear is that she should not be permitted to assert any such claim in this Court."Judge Whitaker will preside over a hearing on February 24 to determine whether or not to dismiss Mitchell's lawsuit, according to court documents.Attorneys representing Mitchell, including high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred, told Insider that they believe the case should be allowed to proceed and defendants are "trying to avoid explaining their conduct before a judge and a jury in a court of law."Insider has also reached out to representatives of the defendants for comment.

Alec Baldwin and associates sued by a script survivor over 'Rust' shooting ask judge to dismiss the lawsuit

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A script supervisor for "<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>" blamed the assistant director in a 911 audio call of the <keyword id="11922278" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shooting" source="Orion">shooting</keyword>.</li><li>Mamie Mitchell said the assistant director was "responsible" for the shooting, which resulted in one death.</li></ul>The Sante Fe Sheriff's Office released the audio of the Thursday 911 call between dispatch and the script supervisor for the movie "Rust," where a prop gun fired by actor <keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> killed the film's director of photography. "We need some help," Mamie Mitchell told the operator, according to the released 911 call. "Our director and our camerawoman have been shot."Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died after actor Alec Baldwin <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-prop-gun-contained-live-round-union-says-2021-10">discharged a prop firearm loaded with a "live round"</a> Thursday while filming at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Director <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-rust-director-joel-souza-leaves-hospital-prop-shooting-2021-10">Joel Souza</a> was injured. In the audio, Mitchell can be heard blaming the film's assistant director. "This fucking AD that yelled at me at lunch asking about revisions, this motherfucker," Mitchell says, appearing to be in conversation with someone who was not on the call. "He's supposed to check the guns. He's responsible for what happened.""I was sitting, we were rehearsing, and it went off," Mitchell told the operator. "And I ran out." An assistant director on the film handed Baldwin the gun and told him it was safe just before the fatal shooting on Thursday."Cold gun," the assistant director said, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-movies-santa-fe-alec-baldwin-25d83890a289bb9ae358f406cd3cbee9">Associated Press</a>, which cited a filing.Later on the 911 call, an unidentified male voice took the call and interacted with the operator, who asked him for details and about the extent of the injuries. "Is the bleeding controlled?" the operator asked the male voice. "No," he said, after a moment's pause. Hollywood producers who've worked with Hutchins in the past <a href="https://www.insider.com/halyna-hutchins-tributes-alec-baldwin-prop-gun-discharge-rust-2021-10">paid tribute to her in emotional messages</a>. Actor Joe Manganiello, for example, called her a "fantastic person" who could handle pressure well. Manganiello and Hutchins recently worked on the movie "Archenemy.""I woke up to the messages and read the <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> and I am in shock," Manganiello <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joemanganiello/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=098dadbe-b1d7-4fd5-83e6-e2b577810d540d54">said</a>. "I was so lucky to have had @halynahutchins as my DP on 'Archenemy.' She was an absolutely incredible talent and a great person. She had such an eye and a visual style, she was the kind of cinematographer that you wanted to see succeed because you wanted to see what she could pull off next."A fundraiser for Hutchins has so far <a href="https://www.insider.com/fundraiser-halyna-hutchins-gofundme-rust-100000-2021-10">raised nearly $100,000</a> on GoFundMe.

A 'Rust' script supervisor said in a 911 call that the assistant director was 'supposed to check the guns'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Last month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-discharged-prop-gun-rust-set-cinematographer-died-2021-10">a prop gun that Alec Baldwin was holding discharged on set</a> on the "Rust" film set.</li><li>The film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was killed, and director Joel Souza was injured.</li></ul>Actor <keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> said he never pulled the trigger of the gun that was fired on the set of the film "Rust" on October 21, which is opposite to police reports that allege he did. In a preview of <a href="https://twitter.com/abc/status/1466104944059199489?s=21">the actor's interview</a> with George Stephanopoulos, which airs on ABC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Baldwin said "the trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger." "I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them," he told Stephanopoulos. "Even now, I find it hard to believe that. It doesn't seem real to me." Last month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-discharged-prop-gun-rust-set-cinematographer-died-2021-10">a prop gun that Baldwin was holding discharged on set</a> and killed the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and injured the film's director, Joel Souza."Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired the loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm," a <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-lawsuit-says-alec-baldwin-never-was-supposed-to-fire-gun-2021-11">lawsuit filed</a> by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell claimed.Stephanopoulos asked Baldwin how this happened and how a real bullet could have gotten on the New Mexico set. "I have no idea," Baldwin said. "Someone put a live bullet in a gun. A bullet that was not even supposed to be on the property." People who accidentally kill other people have minimal support and can often suffer from PTSD and other mental health issues, <a href="https://www.insider.com/accidental-killers-support-resources-rust-alec-baldwin-shooting-2021-10">Insider previously reported</a>."You said you're not a victim," Stephanopoulos said, "but is this the worst thing that's ever happened to you?" Baldwin responded: "Yes, because I think back, and I think of what could I have done?'"

Alec Baldwin says he never pulled the trigger in fatal 'Rust' shooting

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The medic on the set of "<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>" has filed a negligence <keyword id="11921506" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lawsuit" source="Orion">lawsuit</keyword> against crew members and production. </li><li>Cherlyn Schaefer says she suffered "tremendous" trauma from tending to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.</li></ul>A medic who tended to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after the latter was <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-shooting-every-red-flag-on-set-where-cinematographer-died-2021-11">fatally shot</a> on the set of the movie "Rust" is now suing crew members and the film's set and production companies, saying she was so traumatized by Hutchins' death that she's unable to return to work.Cherlyn Schaefer said she suffered "tremendous shock, trauma and severe emotional distress" from the incident on October 21, according to court documents seen by Insider.She filed a negligence lawsuit on February 4 against Rust Movie Productions, Bonanza Creek Ranch, and four crew members — set armorer Hannah Reed Gutierrez, prop master Sarah Zachry, first assistant director Dave Halls, and ammunition supplier Seth Kenney.According to the lawsuit, Schaefer was the key medic on set. Her job responsibilities included administering minor first aid and calling first responders if there was a serious injury.On the day of the shooting, she said she heard a gunshot and was called to the church building at Bonanza Creek Ranch, where Hutchins and director Joel Souza had been shot with a prop gun by actor <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-breaks-silence-after-deadly-on-set-incident-2021-10">Alec Baldwin</a> (described in the lawsuit as a "non-party") while they were discussing a scene.According to the lawsuit, Schaefer determined that Hutchins' wounds were more severe and started giving emergency medical assistance to the cinematographer until a helicopter arrived.Hutchins was later <a href="https://www.insider.com/halyna-hutchins-reaction-rust-shooting-alec-baldwin-2021-11">pronounced dead</a> at University of New Mexico Hospital.In her lawsuit, the medic says the trauma and distress from attending to Hutchins have left her medically disqualified from returning to work as a set medic.She's incurred "lost earnings and earning capacity, mental health medical expenses, emotional trauma and suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life," the lawsuit said. It added that she is undergoing medical treatment and professional therapy.Schaefer is the fourth crew member of "Rust" to file a lawsuit over the deadly incident. Script supervisor <a href="https://www.insider.com/911-caller-rust-movie-set-blames-assistant-director-gun-firing-2021-10">Mamie Mitchell</a> and film gaffer <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-chief-electrician-negligence-lawsuit-alec-baldwin-armorer-2021-11">Serge Svetnoy</a> were in the room when Hutchins was shot. Both said in their lawsuits that they suffered emotional and physical damages.Set armorer <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-armorer-alleges-prop-supplier-provided-box-with-live-ammunition-2022-1">Guiterrez Reed</a> also filed a lawsuit in January against ammo supplier Kenney, alleging that he supplied her with a box labeled "dummy rounds" that actually contained live ammunition.Hutchins' husband, Matthew Hutchins, started preparations for a wrongful death lawsuit in Santa Fe in late January but has not officially filed the suit yet, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/rust-cinematographers-husband-starts-process-to-file-wrongful-death-suit-1292031/">Rolling Stone reported.</a>

A medic on the set of 'Rust' is suing over the 'shock, trauma, and severe emotional distress' of attending to dying cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Actor <keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> claimed he never pulled the trigger in the fatal accidental shooting on the "<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>" set.</li><li>An attorney for a "Rust" assistant director <keyword id="12554820" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="david-halls" source="Orion">David Halls</keyword> said her client backed up Baldwin's claim.</li></ul>An assistant director for the film "Rust" backed up actor Alec Baldwin after the actor said he didn't pull the trigger of the gun that killed a cinematographer and injured the director on-set, an attorney for the AD said.On October 21, a prop gun held by Baldwin discharged while he was <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-rehearsing-pointing-gun-at-camera-affidavit-2021-10">rehearsing a scene on the set</a> of the upcoming Western film "Rust." <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-shooting-rust-cinematographer-dead-timeline-2021-10">Halyna Hutchins</a>, a cinematographer on the film, was killed, and director Joel Souza was injured in the incident.In an <a href="https://twitter.com/abc/status/1466104944059199489?s=21">interview</a> with ABC News set to air Thursday evening, <a href="https://www.insider.com/alec-baldwin-says-he-never-pulled-trigger-fatal-rust-shooting-2021-12">Baldwin said</a> "the trigger wasn't pulled.""I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them," he told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos. "Even now, I find it hard to believe that. It doesn't seem real to me."<a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-shooting-assistant-director-failed-keep-sets-safe-former-colleague-2021-10">David Halls</a>, an <a href="https://www.insider.com/assistant-director-rust-didnt-check-all-rounds-prop-gun-police-2021-10">assistant director</a> for "Rust," defended Baldwin's claim, according to his attorney Lisa Torraco."Dave has told me since the very first day I met him that Alec did not pull that trigger," Torraco said during an interview on ABC News' <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/attorney-rust-assistant-director-alec-baldwin-pull-trigger/story?id=81511797">"Good Morning America"</a> on Thursday. "His finger was never in the trigger guard."In a statement to Insider, Torraco said her client "never saw Mr. Baldwin's finger on the trigger."We are looking forward to the FBI functionality report to confirm or deny the possibility of a misfire," Torraco added.Baldwin's claim and subsequent defense from Halls came in direct opposition to an accusation made against the actor in a lawsuit filed by another "Rust" crew member."Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired the loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm," a <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-lawsuit-says-alec-baldwin-never-was-supposed-to-fire-gun-2021-11">lawsuit filed</a> by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell claimed.During Baldwin's interview, which airs on ABC News at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, Stephanopoulos asked Baldwin about the circumstances behind the incident, namely how a real bullet could have gotten on the movie set."I have no idea," Baldwin replied. "Someone put a live bullet in a gun. A bullet that was not even supposed to be on the property."A representative for Baldwin did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.

'Rust' assistant director backs up Alec Baldwin's claim that the actor didn't pull the trigger of the gun that fatally shot the film's cinematographer

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The assistant director on the set of "<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>" had a history of unsafe practices, according to a former colleague.</li><li>A prop maker who worked with Dave Halls said that he often neglected to hold safety meetings, she told <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-was-halyna-hutchins-rising-star-cinematographer-rust-shooting-2021-10">NBC News.</a></li></ul>The assistant director on the <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-crew-didnt-feel-safe-alec-baldwin-shooting-reports-2021-10">set of "Rust,"</a> where <keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> fired a prop gun that <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-was-halyna-hutchins-rising-star-cinematographer-rust-shooting-2021-10">killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins</a> and injured director Joel Souza, had a history of failing to maintain a "safe working environment," a former colleague has said.In a statement to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rust-assistant-director-had-history-unsafe-practices-prop-maker-says-n1282226">NBC News,</a> Maggie Goll, a prop maker who worked with assistant director Dave Halls on Hulu's "Into the Dark" anthology series in February 2019, cited numerous examples of Hall's allegedly unsafe practices.In one instance, Goll told NBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword>, Halls decided to keep filming after a pyrotechnician had a medical emergency and the set had become dangerous.Goll also said that, on the set of "Into the Dark," Halls neglected to hold safety meetings or make announcements before the appearance of a gun."The only reason the crew was made aware of a weapon's presence was that the assistant prop master demanded Dave acknowledge and announce the situation each day," she told NBC News."He did not maintain a safe working environment," Goll said in the statement. "Sets were almost always allowed to become increasingly claustrophobic, no established fire lanes, exits blocked ... safety meetings were nonexistent."The prop master described Halls as someone who initially appeared to be "affable" but added that the "facade soon disappeared."According to court records, Halls handed the prop gun to Baldwin, <a href="https://www.insider.com/search-warrant-issued-in-connection-to-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-2021-10">inaccurately telling him it was safe</a> before the accidental shooting. "Cold gun," the assistant director said, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-movies-santa-fe-alec-baldwin-25d83890a289bb9ae358f406cd3cbee9">Associated Press</a>, which cited a filing. In reality, the firearm was loaded with live rounds, said a detective in a search warrant application.<a href="https://www.insider.com/911-caller-rust-movie-set-blames-assistant-director-gun-firing-2021-10">Insider's Yelena Dzhanova reported</a> that a script supervisor for "Rust" blamed the assistant director in a 911 audio call of the shooting."This fucking AD that yelled at me at lunch asking about revisions, this motherfucker," said Mamie Mitchell, appearing to be in conversation with someone who was not on the call. "He's supposed to check the <keyword id="11915773" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="guns" source="Orion">guns</keyword>. He's responsible for what happened."An investigation into the <keyword id="12281885" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fatal-shooting" source="Orion">fatal shooting</keyword> is ongoing, <a href="https://www.insider.com/new-mexico-health-and-safety-bureau-is-investigating-rust-shooting-2021-10">Insider reported.</a>

'Rust' assistant director has a history of failing to maintain a 'safe working environment' on sets, a former colleague told NBC

<ul class="summary-list"><li>'<keyword id="12365466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="rust" source="Orion">Rust</keyword>' assistant director Dave Halls handed <keyword id="12362498" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alec-baldwin" source="Orion">Alec Baldwin</keyword> the prop firearm that killed a cinematographer, according to a search warrant.</li><li>The incident raised questions about Halls' oversight of safety measures on 'Rust' and previous projects.</li></ul>The "Rust" assistant director who <a href="https://www.insider.com/eyewitness-accounts-alec-baldwin-shooting-rust-2021-10">handed Alec Baldwin the prop firearm that killed the film's cinematographer</a> previously pushed an actor to do a stunt on the <keyword id="11931717" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hulu" source="Orion">Hulu</keyword> show "<keyword id="12387921" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="into-the-dark" source="Orion">Into the Dark</keyword>" after his crew raised alarm over its safety, two people who worked on the show told Insider.During a Thursday rehearsal on the New Mexico set of "Rust," <a href="https://www.insider.com/911-call-audio-reveals-rust-movie-set-shooting-aftermath-2021-10">Baldwin discharged the firearm</a>, injuring director Joel Souza and killing the <keyword id="11897475" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movie" source="Orion">movie</keyword>'s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.Assistant director David Halls gave Baldwin the gun after it was handled by on-set armorer Hannah Gutierrez, according to an affidavit for a search warrant filed by the Santa Fe Sheriff's office. The warrant affidavit said Halls yelled "cold gun," meaning there were no live rounds in the weapon.Script supervisor Mamie Mitchell also <a href="https://www.insider.com/911-caller-rust-movie-set-blames-assistant-director-gun-firing-2021-10">blamed an assistant director for the accidental</a> <keyword id="11922278" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shooting" source="Orion">shooting</keyword> in a 911 call, saying he was "supposed to check the guns - he's responsible for what happened."It wasn't the first time Halls may have neglected safety procedures, according to former colleagues.Melissa Low Lyon, the former on-set dresser for "Into the Dark," told Insider that in 2019 Halls pushed actor Creed Bratton (of "The Office" fame) to perform a stunt where his character was supposed to be shot in the head.The crew and Bratton himself both objected to the stunt as unsafe, according to Lyon and another member of the crew who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are still working on the show.Lyon said that for an episode titled "Culture Shock," the special effects team decided to use a blowgun, which she said has a "very inaccurate" aim. The gun was supposed to shoot a projectile onto Bratton's head to make it appear he had been shot with a gun, but Lyon said it went in his eye instead.Multiple people on set voiced concerns to Halls about the stunt, according to Lyon and the other crew member. Bratton himself objected to the stunt, Lyon said, but Halls insisted the scene move forward."Creed himself expressed concern because he said 'it's not going to get my eye is it,'" Lyon told Insider. "And then as soon as it happened, he said 'I fucking knew it.'"Lyon said most assistant directors she has worked with listen to safety concerns when they're brought up by the crew, but she thought the on-set environment under Halls was "volatile" and "rushed." The fast pace Halls set meant "things didn't get done properly," she felt."Dave gets very confrontational in a sense, and just doesn't want to listen and says, 'well we're just going to do it' and he'll do things like he did on Rust and just grab it or do it himself," Lyon said.Halls did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Monday. Representatives for <keyword id="12337197" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blumhouse" source="Orion">Blumhouse</keyword>, the production company behind "Into the Dark," and Bratton also did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.Colleagues of Halls from other projects have also <a href="https://www.insider.com/rust-shooting-assistant-director-failed-keep-sets-safe-former-colleague-2021-10">complained about his behavior on set</a>. A prop maker told NBC <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> that "he did not maintain a safe working environment."<div type="image" title="Set of the movie &quot;Rust&quot;" height="2957" width="3942" msid="87267100" hostid="261"></div>Danny Hulsey, the former second assistant director on "The Pale Door," told Insider he quit his job because of how Halls treated him and other workers.Halls, the first assistant director on the Western movie, was constantly "rushing everyone" and was "rude about it, too," Hulsey said.Hulsey told Insider that he didn't see Halls do anything unsafe. But he said that he left production for "The Pale Door" because of an altercation with Halls where he alleges Halls grabbed him by the wrist and berated him.After the incident, Hulsey told Insider that he fought with the movie's producers because he refused to continue speaking with Halls unless it was about work-related issues."This person will not speak to me again unless it's directly related to something he asked to speak to me for, or I'm leaving the show, period," Hulsey said. "This is the way his attitude was."

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