Alec Baldwin said Hollywood should hire police officers on all film and television sets that use guns.
His plea comes in the wake of his involvement in the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” last month in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Notably, the last high-profile gun-related incident on a movie set was the death of Brandon Lee on the set of “The Crow” in 1993.
In the wake of that on-set accident, Hollywood productions created strict safety measures for stunt work that used firearms.
Alec Baldwin took to social media Monday to urge Hollywood to hire police officers on all film and television sets that use guns.
“Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons safety,” Baldwin wrote in a tweet that he also shared on Instagram.
His plea comes in the wake of his involvement in the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” last month in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hutchins was struck by a lead projectile from a prop gun fired by Baldwin. Director Joel Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins, was also injured.
