A Change.org petition addressed to Alec Baldwin that calls for a ban on using real firearms on set and demands better working conditions for crew has passed its stated goal of 25,000 signatures.
A prop gun handled by Alec Baldwin discharged on Thursday while filming a scene for the movie “Rust” in New Mexico, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
The petition was started by award-winning filmmaker Bandar Albuliwi (“Peace After Marriage”) on Friday and passed 27,000 signatures Monday.
Actors including Lena Dunham, Sarah Paulson, Olivia Wilde, Anna Paquin, Holland Taylor and Ariana DeBose have signed and shared the petition on social media.
“We need to make sure that this avoidable tragedy never happens again,” Albuliwi states in the petition. “There is no excuse for something like this to happen in the 21st century. Real guns are no longer needed on film production sets. This isn’t the early 90’s,...
A prop gun handled by Alec Baldwin discharged on Thursday while filming a scene for the movie “Rust” in New Mexico, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
The petition was started by award-winning filmmaker Bandar Albuliwi (“Peace After Marriage”) on Friday and passed 27,000 signatures Monday.
Actors including Lena Dunham, Sarah Paulson, Olivia Wilde, Anna Paquin, Holland Taylor and Ariana DeBose have signed and shared the petition on social media.
“We need to make sure that this avoidable tragedy never happens again,” Albuliwi states in the petition. “There is no excuse for something like this to happen in the 21st century. Real guns are no longer needed on film production sets. This isn’t the early 90’s,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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