Brandon Lee’s sister Shannon Lee is asking for stay weapons to be banned from movie units.
Brandon Lee was killed by a prop gun on the set of his film ‘The Crow’
Shannon’s actor brother – whose dad was late film legend Bruce Lee – was simply 28 when he was shot and killed by a prop gun whereas he was making 1994 film ‘The Crow’ and he or she is adamant there must be a crackdown on film set weapons following the deadly taking pictures of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins whereas making ‘Rust’ in 2021.
She instructed the Guardian newspaper: “The circumstances are very related. It actually simply makes you go, why is making a film extra necessary than an individual’s life?”
Shannon added of a possible ban on stay weapons on movie units: “I feel that’s not unreasonable. However in case you’re not going to do this, then I feel it’s a must to put legal guidelines and higher security measures in place than what exists presently.”
Brandon’s taking pictures was dominated an accident because of negligence and no costs had been ever introduced over the incident. His mom Linda later filed a lawsuit towards the filmmakers and it was settled for an undisclosed quantity.
The dying of Hutchins on the set of unreleased Western ‘Rust’ led to prison costs being filed towards the film’s armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was discovered responsible of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in jail.
Actor Alec Baldwin – who was holding the gun when it went off – has pleaded responsible to involuntary manslaughter and can stand trial in July.
After the tragedy, Shannon put out an announcement by way of her brother’s Twitter account sending her condolences to Hutchins’ household.
The message learn: “Our hearts exit to the household of Halyna Hutchins and to [director] Joel Souza [who was injured] and all concerned within the incident on ‘Rust’. Nobody ought to ever be killed by a gun on a movie set. Interval.”