'Rust' assistant director was fired from previous movie after gun incident injured crew member

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'Rust' assistant director Dave Halls was fired from previous movie after a gun incident injured a crew member, a film production company tells CNN

From CNN’s Julia Vargas Jonesover safety and his behavior on set during two productions in 2019, two people who worked closely with Halls tell CNN.

“The only reason the crew was made aware of a weapon's presence was because the assistant prop master demanded Dave acknowledge and announce the situation each day,” Goll’s statement reads. A crew member who also worked in the productions but requested to not be named for fear of retaliation corroborated Goll’s accounts, saying that when Halls did hold safety meetings, they were short and he was dismissive, saying the guns used would be the same as the production always uses, and questioning why they’d have to hold the meetings in the first place.

 

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I think he’s a Serial Killer in the making

If you set up your staff by hiring inexperienced or substandard safety professionals and then further tie their hands by unrealistic financial or personnel constraints etc.. then you shouldn’t be able to hide behind “it was his/her job”. Look higher.

maybe? or will? charged with homicidal negligence and may end up in jail we must be responsible for our actions and whether you want to prosecute or not this must be decided by a judge as to the severity of the punishment but manslaughter involuntary or not must be adjudicated

Was he actively trying to kill someone on set? First time didn't succeed, but got em the second time around. Wow

Your excessive coverage of this story story is ridiculous. Can we hear about the members of Congress involved in the coup attempt please?

😂 don't care.... Why no media coverage on the rolling Stones article about January 6th? Why CNN trying to hide news about January 6 insertion?

Who hired him

was he a blood or a crip

Baldwin pulled the trigger, there is a law against pointing real guns at people on movie sets for a reason, he's a murderer and needs to be locked up.

Smmfh

This article doesn't say it but he was also accused of being pretty handsy on a set in 2019. Sounds great.

CNN, please let law enforcement investigate the case. My God, I’m a fan but damn, all day! Report on the community in Michigan with poison water. Your network gave that story a one time two minute air time then went right back to this story!

Christ. This…this shouldn’t happen. How do these people find work after stuff like this?

Believe me, if a Republican had done what smart Alec did, he would be shooting off his mouth right and left - mostly left.

1st AD is the person in charge on set. He's the backbone of the whole production up to the point of hiring 'below the line' crews (and sacking them too). So any decisions and actions made by any of those guys are under his supervision. it's his responsibility.

Do you plan on covering the Rolling Stone article about actual members of Congress participating in planning Jan 6?

“Dave was very remorseful for the events, and understood the reasons he was being terminated.” Obviously not 😕

Blaming everyone besides the man with the gun. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Yet No One Knew, What No Background check?✋ Profits over People ✌️

This is interesting.

You're spending WAAAAY too much time on this story. What about voting rights? What about inflation? What about the price of gas? What about the supply chain? What about obscene CEO compensation? DoBetter

Hollywood needs NRA training

And why was he subsequently hired?

Well, the set idiots who decided to use prop guns for real target practice are the ones who should be charged... rustmovie

Someone needs to be held criminally responsible, there's no excuse for any of this

It seems to me there is only one true precaution that needs to be followed to prevent danger and in this case, catastrophe. No live ammunition anywhere on the set or within 5 miles of it...why would there ever be one real bullet anywhere on a movie set?

Ummmm any updates on the RollingStone article from yesterday?

Where do they get these props though? Surely there's a difference between a real gun and a prop gun right? First Alec, now a Director? Such high ranking members of a film set? This makes zero sense to me....

Getting worse by the minute

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