Alec Baldwin Demands Police Presence on Movie Sets Following Fatal Shooting
After an on-set tragedy involving him left "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
dead and director Joel Souza
wounded, the 63-year-old actor has been at the center of an ongoing discussion in Hollywood about the
usage of real guns during production.
Alec Baldwin issued a statement on social media on Monday to promote his solution for making film sets with firearms safer, it involves
hiring police officers.
The actor said that he feels that having a police presence
paid for by the networks or studios will result in fewer gun-related mishaps.
Shortly after the incident involving Baldwin, ABC's detective drama "The Rookie" reportedly revealed that it will
no longer utilize real guns on set, instead opting for airsoft weapons with genuine sounds and muzzle flare added using VFX.
200 of Halyna Hutchin's cinematography colleagues
signed an open letter last week indicating that they will
not work on sets with firearms.
