Alec Baldwin case: Dwayne Johnson wants to do without real guns on set

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Dwayne Johnson: "We Lost a Life"

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Hollywood star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wants to never again use real firearms during filming after his fellow actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a camerawoman. "We lost a life," the 49-year-old action actor told Variety magazine at the premiere of his new film "Red Notice" in Los Angeles. For this reason, only dummy weapons would be used on film sets of his production company Seven Bucks Productions in the future.

"I can say very clearly that at Seven Bucks Productions we will no longer use real guns in any movie, TV series, or whatever we produce," Johnson said.

The effects could be built into post-production.

"We won't worry about what it'll cost." After the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the industry will have to pause and rethink.

Baldwin had apparently accidentally shot Hutchins while filming the western "Rust" in New Mexico state when he was firing the prop weapon during a rehearsal.

Director Joel Souza was hit in the shoulder and injured.

The real revolver had apparently been loaded with at least one live cartridge.

How this could be done is still unclear.

Lawyer speaks of "sabotage"

The investigators focus on film set gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who had loaded the revolver, and assistant director David Halls.

According to the police, he admitted that he had not checked all the bullets in the Colt's drum before handing it to Baldwin with the assurance that the gun was safe.

A lawyer from Gutierrez-Reed caused a stir on Wednesday with the statement that he was assuming "sabotage".

"The person who put the live cartridge in the dummy cartridge box must have intended to sabotage this film set," Jason Bowles told NBC.

The lawyer did not provide any evidence for his theory.

However, he pointed out that employees who were “dissatisfied” and “angry” about the production conditions had left the film set the day before the accident.

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