Actors who wield guns on film sets should be pre-trained for safety reasons, Shannon Lee said on Monday (November 1) at the Asian International Film Festival (FICA) in Los Angeles.
Actor Brandon Lee's sister, fatally injured in 1993 on set, said she was
"frustrated"
by the tragedy that occurred while filming
Rust
, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a bullet fired accidentally by actor Alec Baldwin.
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“They don't get training in how to handle weapons.
[…]
I think that safety training
[should be]
compulsory so that actors can check the weapons for themselves and know how to use them properly and ensure the safety of others, ”
he told 'AFP the daughter of Bruce Lee, martial arts legend.
"This should not have happened again"
, she lamented, referring to the tragic death of her brother, Brandon Lee, who died at 28 after being shot and wounded on the set of
The Crow
in 1993. .
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Reacting to Alec Baldwin's comments on Saturday that
"there was a one in a trillion chance that it would happen,"
Shannon Lee retorted:
"I listened to it, but it isn't, this has happened before ”
.
The actress advocates in particular that firearms be replaced on film sets by dummy weapons and visual and sound effects.
However, she says,
"I don't think it's a popular idea in the industry right now
.
"
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