died is talking. i think with rust it with us a perform storm with the armorer, the assistant director, the culture on set. the rushing. reporter: when he quit, he sent an email to producers. during the filming of gun fights, things are played fast and loose, he wrote. so far, there have been two accidental weapons discharges. luper also lam basted lax covid restrictions and a lack of nearby hotel accommodation for crew. and specifically gun safety, a lack of rehearsals, a lack of, you know, preparing the crew for what we were doing that day. reporter: mr. luper s allegations around budget and safety are patently false, say rust s producers. it is truly awful to see some using this tragedy for personal gain. baldwin, producer and star, says he can t comment on the investigation, but share what looked like comments from the film s costume designer with the
rounds. the box is labeled dummy. she lloy she loaded rounds from that box into the gun. reporter: we now know the live was round fired by alec baldwin killing cinematographer halyna hutchins. we are assuming somebody put that live round in the box. somebody who would do that would want to sabotage the set, want to prove a point, want to say they re disgruntled, unhappy. reporter: no comment on that theory from the sheriff s office. at the same time, a crew member who resigned a day before hutchins died is talking. i think with rust it was a perfect storm of, you know, the armorer, the assistant director. reporter: he sent an email to producers during the filming of gun fights on this job. things are often played very fast and loose, he wrote. so far there have been two accidental weapons discharges. luper also lamb pasted lax
meantime, a crew member who resigned the day before hutchins died is talking. i think with rust it was a perfect storm with the armorer, the assistant director, the culture on set. the rushing. reporter: when he quit, he sent an email to producers. during the filming of gun fights, things are played fast and loose, he wrote. so far, there have been two accidental weapons discharges. luper also lambasted lax covid restrictions and a lack of nearby hotel accommodation for crew. and specifically gun safety, a lack of rehearsals, a lack of, you know, preparing the crew for what we were doing that day. reporter: mr. luper s allegations around budget and safety are patently false, say rust s producers. it is truly awful to see some using this tragedy for personal gain. baldwin, producer and star, says he can t comment on the
i have been visited by dhs, fbi, they will show up to our work. they will show up to our houses. what s your social media status? banned off of literally everything. like, i can t even make a new facebook on my account. my instagram which was for my business, i never posted anything political a at all. didn t even have my name on it. that got banned. my etsy page got banned. you are banned from etsy? yes, my etsy page was taken down. where is this all going to end? i mean, if you look at the last year, the last four years, constant doubting of elections, street violence, different political factions fighting each other, gun fights in the streets, murders, assassination, a car bomb like blew up that numberville. you know? i definitely don t think america is going to be what we see it as now for much longer. are you willing to give your life for this cause? oh, 100%. we almost all agree it s pretty much a death sentence to be involved with this whatsoever, that you are
there was an enormous amount of bullets on this set. and we need to find out what kinds they were. our first guest tonight was not there but only because he turned down a job on the film. prop master is a hollywood veteran with more than 55 films and tv productions to his credit. he joins us now. neil, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. when did you first have misgivings about this job on the set? sort of the misgivings came about when i started speaking to the various powers that be on the production to secure my employment with with really numbers and budgeting, staffing questions that needed addressing. i want to read an e-mail that that you you received back from a location manager saying we d really like one that can push up on the gun fights