re: Alec Baldwin gets the old tweets being dug up treatment

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On any set, the actor should never have any part in loading/testing/modifying the gun aside from its use in that particular scene.

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Close friend of mine just recently retired from working in Hollywood on set with dozens of prominent actors. Her comment to me was that in all the movies she worked on set with Clint Eastwood, he ALWAYS checked his prop guns personally after being told they were "cold" immediately before the scene was filmed. That's firearms safety 101 which Eastwood learned during his military service, if he didn't already know it.

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The actor isn’t responsible for this he is literally handed the gun just prior to the scene and hands it back when the scene is over.


No. Just no. The actor who is using the weapon should check the loads in it before he points it at person and pulls the trigger. It does not matter what the actor is told about the weapon beforehand

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When I hunt with my family we always say it’s loaded/unloaded if we’re handing guns around.

And then we always doubt each other and check anyways.