Hollywood is the land of make believe, but the very real specter of death can hover over television and movie sets.
The death of 42-year-old director of photography Halyna Hutchins while working on the movie “Rust” in New Mexico after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun is just the latest on-set tragedy. There have been multiple cases of deaths of crew members and stunt people at work, including a female stunt person who died while performing on the set of “Deadpool 2” in 2017. Cast members have also died from accidents during production including: Brandon Lee In 1993, Brandon Lee, was filming the final scenes of the movie “The Crow” when he died after being shot with a prop gun. Actor Michael Massee, who played drug dealer Funboyin the film, fired at Lee during a scene which with a gun that was later found to have been be improperly loaded. Dummy bullets had been replaced with cardboard wadding, but a bullet fragment had broken off and remained in the gun.
