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Gobstoppers12 posted...

It's his job as a human being to check a gun that's in HIS hands before firing it in the direction of a person. The prop guy isn't the one pulling the trigger. There's only so much one can trust another human being to do, clearly.

In workplaces, theres such a thing as delegation of responsibility. It's not the actors responsibility to ensure the gun they were given is real or fake. They can't be expected to know. If the gun was real, it was the employers responsibility to give the actor the training required. If the actor wasn't told the gun was real, they can't be expected to know it was real.

DirkDiggles posted...

He is the employer though. He was either the producer or the director.

Oh. Yeah then the buck stops with him. But there was an armourer on set right? The armourer is the one who holds responsibility at the end of the day. There was no reason to have a real gun on set though and to that extent Alec is also responsible to a degree