A cameraman working onRust said Alec Baldwin was careful with prop guns on set, after a shooting accident led to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’s death.
Baldwin accidentally misfired a prop gun with a live round, instead of blank cartridges, killing Hutchins and wounding Rust director Joel Souza.
Russell also shared an instance when Baldwin ensured that no child actors were present when he discharged a gun.
It has been reported that the film’s assistant director Dave Halls handed Baldwin the prop gun after indicating the gun did not have live rounds.