WITH explosions, weapons and fast cars everywhere, film sets can be extremely dangerous places – as tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins proves.
The mum-of-one was accidentally shot dead by Alec Baldwin during filming for his latest movie Rust. The tragic death was caused by a prop gun firing during filming, which also left its director and writer Joel Souza in critical condition.
The incident has harrowing parallels to an accident on set of the 1994 film The Crow, which saw promising young actor Brandon Lee shot dead.
A prop gun was improperly prepared after being used for previous shots, and as a result the 28-year-old took a "dummy" bullet to the stomach which proved fatal.
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