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
and the culture on set and the rushing. luke sent an e-mail to producers. during the filming of gunfights on this job things are often played very fast and loose, he said. so far there have been two accidental weapons discharges. luper lambasted lax covid restrictions and lack of accommodations for the group. a lack of rehearsals and preparing the crew for what we were doing that day. the budget and safety is patently false. it is truly awful to see some using this tragedy for personal gain. baldwin, producer and star said he can t comment on the investigation, but shared what looked like comments from the film s costume designer with the instruction read this, it reads in part, the story being spun of us being overworked and surrounded by unsafe, chaotic